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Do reperfusion ventricular fibrillation duration and number of electric countershocks increase CK-MB release in aortocoronary bypass patients?
Do reperfusion ventricular fibrillation duration and number of electric countershocks increase CK-MB release in aortocoronary bypass patients?
Early and numerous defibrillations during coronary artery bypass surgery raise CK-MB levels and should be avoided, whereas reperfusion fibrillation up to 10 minutes is not harmful if left ventricular decompression is used.
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May support avoiding multiple early defibrillations to limit CK-MB in CABG; hypothesis-generating for reperfusion VF duration with decompression.
Hippeläinen et al. (1994) studied this question.
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