Maaravi Y, Weiss A T
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital-Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
Chest. 1990 Oct;98(4):1019-20. doi: 10.1378/chest.98.4.1019.
A 20-year-old man had accidental, prolonged, and severe hypothermia. Serial radionuclide ventriculography disclosed reduced myocardial contractility during hypothermia that resolved after warming. The effects of hypothermia on cardiac function are discussed.