Ideal chest compression site for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in fontan circulation patients with dextrocardia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to identify the ideal chest compression site for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in patients with a single ventricle with dextrocardia corrected by Fontan surgery.

Methods

The most recent stored chest computed tomography images of all patients with a single ventricle who underwent Fontan surgery were retrospectively analysed. We reported that the ideal chest compression site is the largest part of the compressed single ventricle. To identify the ideal chest compression site, we measured the distance from the midline of the sternum to the point of the maximum sagittal area of the single ventricle as a deviation and calculated the area fraction of the compressed structures.

Results

58 patients (67.2% male) were analysed. The mean right deviation

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765782 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature