Figure 4.

Association of left ventricular lateral wall thickness with professional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) duration and patient outcome. Patients were assessed by transthoracic echocardiography within 24 hours of admission to the cardiac intensive care unit (n=121). A, Duration of professional CPR in relation to thickness of the left ventricular (LV) lateral wall. B, LV lateral wall thickness in neurologically intact survivors vs patients who died or survived with Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) score of 3 to 4. Results are mean±SEM. *P<0.05.