title: Open cardiac massage and periresuscitative cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery.
abstract: Three postcardiac surgical patients sustained prolonged cardiac arrest from noncardiac failure causes. They were resuscitated employing open-chest cardiac massage and periresuscitative cardiopulmonary bypass without long-term myocardial or neurological injuries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bert
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006336:Heart Massage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012151:Resuscitation; D013997:Time Factors