Resuscitation
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Coronary blood flow and perfusion pressure during coronary angiography in patients with ongoing mechanical chest compression: A report on 6 cases

  • Alf Inge Larsen

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • University of Bergen, Institute of Internal Medicine, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Bergen, Division of Cardiology, Stavanger University Hospital, N-4001 Stavanger, Norway. Tel.: +47 51518000; fax: +47 51519905.
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  • Åshild Hjørnevik

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • ,
  • Vernon Bonarjee

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • University of Bergen, Institute of Internal Medicine, Norway
    • ,
  • Ståle Barvik

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • ,
  • Tor Melberg

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • University of Bergen, Institute of Internal Medicine, Norway
    • ,
  • Dennis Winston Nilsen

      Affiliations

    • Stavanger University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stavanger, Norway
    • University of Bergen, Institute of Internal Medicine, Norway

Received 28 October 2009 ,Revised 31 January 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.002.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00076-6

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.002

Resuscitation
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