Sex differences in cardiac arrest survivors

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1170-1176

  Albert, Christine M ^a   McGovern, Brian A ^a   Newell, John B ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; death, sudden; electrophysiology; fibrillation; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029871239     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.6.1170     Document Type: Article

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