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(Chest. 1959;36:315-318.)
© 1959 American College of Chest Physicians

A Classification of Elective Cardiac Arrest for Open Heart Surgery

NORMAN E. SHUMWAY M.D.1

1 The Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Hospitals.

The several forms of elective cardiac arrest which are potentially applicable to open heart surgery are: ventricular fibrillation, profound hypothermia, vagal stimulation or chemical stimulation, and potassium standstill. While some enthusiasm remains for acetylcholine and prostigmine, potassium arrest is the most commonly accepted technique.






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