Assessment of the active compression-decompression device (ACD) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using transoesophageal echocardiography.
Transoesophageal echocardiography was used to investigate the haemodynamic profile achieved during active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation in humans. The mechanism of antegrade blood flow achieved by ACD-CPR is consistent with the cardiac pump theory. Improved right heart compression, antegrade blood flow patterns and left ventricular filling were observed in some patients during ACD-CPR.
Pell
A C
AC
Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
Pringle
S D
SD
Guly
U M
UM
Steedman
D J
DJ
Robertson
C E
CE
D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006336:Heart Massage; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male