The effect of prolonged hypothermia on cardiac function in a young patient with accidental hypothermia.
A 20-year-old man had accidental, prolonged, and severe hypothermia. Serial radionuclide ventriculography disclosed reduced myocardial contractility during hypothermia that resolved after warming. The effects of hypothermia on cardiac function are discussed.
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital-Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
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D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013318:Stroke Volume