Post-resuscitation care: myocardial dysfunction is the main cause of haemodynamic instability, not vasodilation

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Institute of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Department of Research and Development, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: bjorn.hoftun.farbu@stolav.no.
• ² Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Institute of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
• ³ Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Stjørdal, Norway.