The Role of Cardiac Catheterization after Cardiac Arrest

Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest is important to ascertain potential treatable causes of cardiac arrest, salvage myocardium, and potentially increase long-term survival. The cause of adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is typically myocardial ischemia. More than 50% of such resuscitated in...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Harhash, MD, Prashant Rao, MD, Karl B. Kern, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Compuscript 2018-07-01
Series:Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications
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Online Access:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cscript/cvia/2018/00000003/00000002/art00002