Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation.

Sheldon CheskesP Richard VerbeekIan R DrennanShelley L McLeodLinda TurnerRuxandra PintoMichael FeldmanMatthew DavisChristian VaillancourtLaurie J MorrisonPaul DorianDamon C Scales

Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)

Among patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation, survival to hospital discharge occurred more frequently among those who received DSED or VC defibrillation than among those who received standard defibrillation. (Funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada; DOSE VF ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04080986.).

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
left ventricular
free survival
blood brain barrier