Do implantable cardioverter-defibrillators improve survival in dialysis patients after cardiac arrest?

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 70-71

  McCullough, Peter A ^a   Wase, Abdul ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardioverter defibrillator; Dialysis; Survival

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DIALYSIS; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOTE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644816061     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0094     Document Type: Note

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