The predictive value of ventricular fibrillation electrocardiogram signal frequency and amplitude variables in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1428-1433

  Strohmenger, Hans Ulrich ^a   Eftestol, Trygve ^b   Sunde, Kjetil ^c   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Mair, Mechthild ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^a   Lindner, Karl H ^a   Steen, Petter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0035197309     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200112000-00016     Document Type: Article

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