Does age have an effect on the time of occurrence of cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac etiology?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 197-201

  Martens, P ^a   Calle, P ^b   Hubloue, I ^b   Van Den Poel, B ^b   Lewi, P ^b  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^b Emergency Department ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age difference; Incidence; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028957094     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176873     Document Type: Article

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