Medical history of hypercholesterolaemia adversely affects the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The 'Shahal' experience in Israel

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 778-781

  Roth, A ^a   Golovner, M ^b   Gavish, D ^a   Shapira, I ^a   Malov, N ^b   Sender, J ^b   Alroy, I ^b   Kaplinski, E ^c   Laniado, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b 'SHAHAL' Medical Services   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Hypercholesterolaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISRAEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034030978     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1753     Document Type: Article

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