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(Circulation. 1962;25:976.)
© 1962 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Closed-Chest Resuscitation in a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

BRIAN DAWSON M.B.¹; EMERSON A. MOFFITT M.D.¹; WILLIAM J. GLOVER M.B.¹; H. J. C. SWAN M.B.¹

¹ From the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.

Closed-chest massage and defibrillation were used successfully in the management of six acute cardiac emergencies occurring in a cardiac catheterization laboratory. A modification of the Kouwenhoven method of closed-chest massage was used in infants and small children. It is concluded that open-chest resuscitation is usually unnecessary during cardiac catheterization.