Out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Coronary angiographic determinants

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 144-150

  Gheeraert, Peter J ^a   Henriques, José P S ^a   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Voet, Joeri ^a   Calle, Pol ^a   Taeymans, Yves ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL DE WEEZENLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0033978670     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00490-8     Document Type: Article

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