Use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Canadian and US survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-46

  Birnie, David H ^a   Sambell, Christie ^b   Johansen, Helen ^b   Williams, Kathryn ^a   Lemery, Robert ^a   Green, Martin S ^a   Gollob, Michael H ^a   Lee, Douglas S ^c   Tang, Anthony S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FLUTTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447276701     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060730     Document Type: Article

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