Sudden cardiac death: Epidemiology, causes, and mechanisms

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 74, Issue , 1987, Pages 2-9

  Myerburg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Coronary heart disease; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEART; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RESUSCITATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0023194052     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000174281     Document Type: Article

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