Key result
A 50-cc capacity pump maintaining systemic circulation during complete cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation resulted in complete recovery in all 10 dogs.
Why the study?
Does a mechanical pump maintaining systemic circulation allow recovery in dogs with experimentally produced ventricular fibrillation?
Does a mechanical pump maintaining systemic circulation allow recovery in dogs with experimentally produced ventricular fibrillation?
A mechanical pump bypassing the right ventricle can successfully maintain systemic circulation and allow complete recovery during experimentally induced ventricular fibrillation in a canine model.
A pump of 50 cc. reservoir capacity, only 10 cm. in diameter, was placed in the systemic circuit between the left auricular appendage and the left common carotid artery in each of 10 dogs so that the systemic circulation was maintained by the pump during complete cardiac arrest resulting from experimentally produced ventricular fibrillation. All dogs recovered completely.
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Jamison et al. (1954) studied this question. A 50-cc capacity pump maintaining systemic circulation during complete cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation resulted in complete recovery in all 10 dogs.
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