Ischaemic brain damage after cardiac arrest and induced hypothermia-a systematic description of selective eosinophilic neuronal death. A neuropathologic study of 23 patients.

Although well characterized in animals, brain damage in humans treated with hypothermia after cardiac arrest has not been systematically explored. In this study we aimed to describe the characteristic trait of selective eosinophilic neuronal death (SEND), and its correlation with time to return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in cardiac arrest patients who died after hypothermia treatment and were referred for autopsy