Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 228-232 , May 2009

Management of cardiac arrest caused by coronary artery spasm: Epinephrine/adrenaline versus nitrates

  • Gabor Kiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Gabor Kiss, CCTV, CHU La Cavale Blanche, Bd Tanguy Prigent, F-29280 Brest, France
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  • Olivier Corre, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • ,
  • Gildas Gueret, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • ,
  • Vinh Nguyen Ba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • ,
  • Martine Gilard, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • ,
  • Jaques Boschat, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Brest, France
    • ,
  • Charles Chistian Arvieux, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Brest, France

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.04.005

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 228-232 , May 2009

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