Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Nov 1983
Spontaneous ischemic ventricular fibrillation in dogs: a new model for the study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Most sudden cardiac deaths in man are associated with events causing myocardial ischemia and only 40-60% of these patients are successfully resuscitated. Further progress in reducing the mortality from such events will depend on a better understanding of the interventions used during CPR. ⋯ Initial controlled, randomized studies of the model demonstrate that it responds to resuscitation in a manner similar to human resuscitation. Further study of this model during CPR may lead to changes in patient care which will improve survival from episodes of sudden cardiac death.