Self-administered hyperventilation cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 100 s of cardiac arrest during Holter monitoring |
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| Authors: | Y Harada H Fuseno T Ohtomo Y Yamahara M Nakamura |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, Shakaihoken Kobe Central Hospital, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | An 80-year-old man remained conscious due to vigorous deep breathing during 100 s of ventricular arrest which was recorded on a Holter ECG. Arterial blood flow is considered to have been maintained by changes in intrathoracic pressure produced by deep respiratory movements. This case may represent a pure model of the "thoracic pump" mechanism. |
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