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Jeffrey Tadashi Sakamoto1, Ian Storch2, Laleh Gharahbaghian3
1Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
Abstract:
This case describes and depicts cardiac standstill with thrombosed blood within the chambers of the heart. This was likely due to stasis of blood from a prolonged no-flow state. After viewing this ultrasound finding, the decision was made to halt resuscitative efforts in this case of a patient in cardiac arrest.
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