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Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia for Treatment of Cardiac Arrest: Current Results and Future Perspectives

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 2003

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Sudden cardiac arrest remains a major unresolved public health problem. It is still the leading cause of death, and few cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation (CPCR) attempts on cardiac arrest victims result in neurologically intact long-term survivors [1,2].

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Behringer, W., Holzer, M., Sterz, F. (2004). Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia for Treatment of Cardiac Arrest: Current Results and Future Perspectives. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 2003. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2137-2_76

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