Surgical coronary revascularization and antiarrhythmic therapy in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1510-1516

  Mangi, Abeel A ^a   Boeve, Theodore J ^a   Vlahakes, Gus J ^a   Akins, Cary W ^a   Hilgenberg, Alan D ^a   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   McGovern, Brian M ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036840559     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04086-9     Document Type: Article

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