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Cardiac arrest - has the time of MRI come?

Damien Galanaud* and Louis Puybasset

Author Affiliations

Department of Neuroradiology and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital and Université Pierre et Marie curie (Paris VI), Paris 75013, France

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Critical Care 2010, 14:135 doi:10.1186/cc8905


See related research by Choi et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/R17

Published: 26 March 2010

Abstract

Three recent articles have shown the potential use of magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of comatose survivors of cardiac arrest. While this technique appears promising, significant additional work is required before it can be routinely used in a clinical setting.