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ArticleShock (Augusta, Ga.)2018

Establishing a Rodent Model of Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest With Graded Histologic and Neurologic Damage With Different Cardiac Arrest Durations.

Florian Ettl, Ingrid A M Magnet, Wolfgang Weihs, Alexandra-Maria Warenits, Daniel Grassmann, Michael Wagner, Ursula Teubenbacher, Sandra Högler, Fritz Sterz, Andreas Janata

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Article in Shock (Augusta, Ga.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Florian EttlDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ingrid A M MagnetDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang WeihsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Alexandra-Maria WarenitsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Daniel GrassmannDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael WagnerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ursula TeubenbacherDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Sandra HöglerDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Fritz SterzDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Andreas JanataDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATUniversity of Veterinary Medicine Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of the study was to establish a ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest (CA) resuscitation model with consistent neurologic and neuropathologic damage as potential therapeutic target.

methodsProspectively randomized groups of experiments in two phases. In phase 1 four groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 5) were resuscitated after 6 min VFCA with 2 and 6 min basic life support durations (BLS) with and without adrenaline. In phase 2 the most promising group regarding return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival was compared with a group of 8 min CA. Resuscitability, neurologic deficit scores (NDS), and overall performance category (OPC) were assessed daily; histolopathology of the hippocampal CA1 region [hematoxylin and eosin- (viable neurons), Fluoro-Jade- (dying neurons), and Iba-1 immunostaining (microglial activation-semiquantitative)] on day 14.

resultsTwo minutes BLS and with adrenaline as most promising group of phase 1 compared with an 8 min group in phase 2 exhibited ROSC in 8 (80%) vs. 9 (82%) animals and survivors till day 14 in 7 (88%) (all OPC 1, NDS 0 ± 0) vs. 6 (67%) (5 OPC 1, 1 OPC 2, NDS 0.83 ± 2.4) animals. OPC and NDS were only significantly different at day 1 (OPC: P = 0.035; NDS: P = 0.003). Histopathologic results between groups were not significantly different; however, a smaller variance of extent of lesions was found in the 8 min group. Both CA durations caused graded neurologic, overall, such as histopathologic damage.

conclusionsThis dynamic global ischemia model offers the possibility to evaluate further cognitive and novel neuroprotective therapy testing after CA.

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Heart ArrestNervous System DiseasesVentricular FibrillationAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleRandom AllocationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTime Factors

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PMID28968287
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