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. 2015 Feb;46(2):592-7.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006975. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

What is the use of hypothermia for neuroprotection after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Francis Kim  1 , Paco E Bravo  1 , Graham Nichol  2
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Review

What is the use of hypothermia for neuroprotection after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Francis Kim et al. Stroke. 2015 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac arrest; hypothermia; reperfusion injury.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures: Dr. Nichol reports receiving research support from Philips Healthcare Inc., Andover, MA, Physio-Control Inc., Redmond WA; and ZOLL Corporation, Chelmsford, MA; and serving as co principal investigator of the Velocity Pilot Study of Ultrafast Hypothermia in Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (Velomedix, Inc., Menlo Park, CA; waived personal compensation. The others declare no relevant conflicts of interest.

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