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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Sep 10;15(10):939–944. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00237.x

Table 3.

Post Resuscitation Left Ventricular Stroke Work (gm-m)

Time (min) Electrical VF Ischemic VF P
0 45 ± 8 50 ± 11 0.178
15 27 ± 15 13 ± 22 0.095
30 10 ± 7 6 ± 5 0.342
60 16 ± 7 7 ± 6 0.071
90 22 ± 7 8 ± 6 0.005
120 27 ± 7 13 ± 11 0.010
180 33 ± 9 18 ± 1 0.033

Values = mean ± SD

Time 0 = control, other times represent time after restoration of spontaneous circulation.