Italian experience with automated external defibrillators (AED)

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1121-1124

  Bandini, Fabrizio ^a   Destro, Antonio ^b   Rellini, Gianluigi ^c   Deganuto, Luigi ^c   Fantini, Andrea ^a   Vergassola, Rossano ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^c Emergency Medical Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Defibrillation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030669214     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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