Application of cardiac surgery techniques to improve the results of cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest: Controlled automated reperfusion of the whole bodyCentral Message

• Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD,
• Georg Trummer, MD,
• Christoph Benk, PhD,
• Jan-Steffen Pooth, MD

Affiliations

Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD

Address for reprints: Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetterstr 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, and Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Georg Trummer, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, and Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Christoph Benk, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, and Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Jan-Steffen Pooth, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, and Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany