Factors associated with pulseless electric activity versus ventricular fibrillation: The oregon sudden unexpected death study

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2116-2122

  Teodorescu, Carmen ^a   Reinier, Kyndaron ^a   Dervan, Celia ^b   Uy Evanado, Audrey ^a   Samara, Mershed ^b   Mariani, Ronald ^a   Gunson, Karen ^b   Jui, Jonathan ^b   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death, sudden; population; resuscitation; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OREGON; PREVALENCE; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 78650172593     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.966333     Document Type: Article

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