Circumstances of out of hospital cardiac arrest in patients with ischaemic heart disease

Heart

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1537-1540

  Norris, Robin ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28144461932     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.057018     Document Type: Article

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