Aetiology of unsuccessful prehospital witnessed cardiac arrest of unclear origin

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 144-147

  Vanbrabant, Peter ^a   Dhondt, Erwin ^a   Billen, Petra ^a   Sabbe, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33746595778     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000209050.40139.23     Document Type: Article

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