Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac recovery after refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

The mechanisms and degree of myocardial recovery during treatment with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) are unclear. We performed a descriptive study to evaluate myocardial recovery and changes in parameters of myocardial loading using echocardiography.

Source: Resuscitation - July 11, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Rajat Kalra, Jason A. Bartos, Marinos Kosmopoulos, Claire Carlson, Ranjit John, Andrew Shaffer, Cindy Martin, Ganesh Raveendran, Demetris Yannopoulos Tags: Clinical paper Source Type: research