Research Article

Outcome of Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation and CPR in a Rat Model of Chronic Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Table 1

Effects of intervention on ROSC, number of 72-hour survival, and number of defibrillations.

GroupROSC72-hour survival Number of shocks

Chronic LV dysfunction6/73/6
Control5/73/5

Values are means ± SD. ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation.