Why the study?
Does accidental hypothermia affect cardiac contraction and relaxation as measured by echocardiography?
Does accidental hypothermia affect cardiac contraction and relaxation as measured by echocardiography?
Accidental hypothermia causes a reversible delay in myocardial contraction and relaxation as observed on echocardiography.
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May inform echo interpretation during rewarming; hypothesis-generating case observation requiring prospective validation.
Michio Okada (1982) studied this question.
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