Resuscitation
Volume 66, Issue 2 , Pages 175-181 , August 2005

Reversible myocardial dysfunction after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  • Manuel Ruiz-Bailén

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    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Médico-Quirúrgico, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: C/Las Torres 57, Torredonjimeno, Jaén, Spain. Tel.: +34 679178994.
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  • Eduardo Aguayo de Hoyos

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain
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  • Silvia Ruiz-Navarro

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Médico-Quirúrgico, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Spain
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  • Miguel Ángel Díaz-Castellanos

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, “Poniente” Hospital, El Ejido, Almería, Spain
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  • Luis Rucabado-Aguilar

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, Hospital Universitario Médico-Quirúrgico, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Spain
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  • Francisco Javier Gómez-Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Granada University, Granada, Spain
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  • Sergio Martínez-Escobar

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Spain
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  • Rafael Melgares Moreno

      Affiliations

    • Interventional Cardiology Unit, Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain
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  • Javier Fierro-Rosón

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care and Emergency Department, “Poniente” Hospital, El Ejido, Almería, Spain

Received 5 July 2004 ,Revised 27 January 2005 ,Accepted 28 January 2005.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.012.

PII: S0300-9572(05)00080-8

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.012

Resuscitation
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