Resuscitation
Volume 80, Issue 10 , Pages 1197-1203 , October 2009

Percutaneous left ventricular assist device can prevent acute cerebral ischaemia during ventricular fibrillation

  • V. Tuseth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 55975000; fax: +47 55975150.
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  • R.J. Pettersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • A. Epstein

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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  • K. Grong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • P. Husby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • M. Farstad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • T. Wentzel-Larsen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • S. Rotevatn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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  • J.E. Nordrehaug

      Affiliations

    • Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
    • Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway

Received 18 March 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 May 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.05.012.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00265-2

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.05.012

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