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In vitro Assessment of Myocardial Protection following Hypothermia-Preconditioning in a Human Cardiac Myocytes Model
Published on: October 27, 2020
The effect of prolonged hypothermia on cardiac function in a young patient with accidental hypothermia
1Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital-Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
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|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 20-year-old man had accidental, prolonged, and severe hypothermia. Serial radionuclide ventriculography disclosed reduced myocardial contractility during hypothermia that resolved after warming. The effects of hypothermia on cardiac function are discussed.
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