Table 1.

Comparison of histopathology 8 days after cardiac arrest using hematoxylin and eosin staining

Pathology, region	VF-CA (n=8)	ACA (n=10)	p-value
Neuron degeneration, Hippocampus, CA1
no degeneration minimal	● ● ●
mild	● ● ●	●
moderate	● ●	● ● ●
marked		● ● ● ● ● ●	0.01
Neuron degeneration, Hippocampus, CA2
no degeneration	● ●
minimal	● ● ●
mild	● ●	● ● ● ● ● ●
moderate	●	● ● ●	0.03
marked		●
Neuron degeneration, Hippocampus, CA3
no degeneration	● ● ● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
minimal	● ●	●
mild
moderate			ns
marked
Neuron degeneration, Cerebellar Cortex
no degeneration	● ● ● ● ● ● ●
minimal	●	●
mild		● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
moderate			0.003
marked
Neuron degeneration, Temporal Cortex
no degeneration	● ● ● ● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
minimal		●
mild		●
moderate			ns
marked

Abbreviations: VF-CA: Ventricular Fibrillation; A-CA: asphyxial cardiac arrest, FJ-C: Fluorojade C staining;