Open AccessExtracorporeal Life Support Increases Survival After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest in the Rat
Author(s) -
Ingrid Anna Maria Magnet,
Florian Ettl,
Andreas Schober,
Alexandra-Maria Warenits,
Daniel Grassmann,
Michael Wagner,
Christoph Schriefl,
Christian Clodi,
Ursula Teubenbacher,
Sandra Högler,
Wolfgang Weihs,
Fritz Sterz,
Andreas Janata
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1540-0514
pISSN - 1073-2322
DOI - 10.1097/shk.0000000000000909
Subject(s) - ventricular fibrillation , medicine , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , return of spontaneous circulation , extracorporeal , anesthesia , membrane oxygenator , resuscitation , extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation , cardiology , hypothermia , life support , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , extracorporeal circulation , intensive care medicine
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may increase end organ perfusion and thus survival when conventional CPR fails. The aim was to investigate, if after ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest in rodents ECLS improves outcome compared with conventional CPR.