Ventricular tachyarrhythmias after cardiac arrest in public versus at home

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Weisfeldt, Myron L ^a   Everson Stewart, Siobhan ^b   Sitlani, Colleen ^b   Rea, Thomas ^b   Aufderheide, Tom P ^c   Atkins, Dianne L ^d   Bigham, Blair ^e   Brooks, Steven C ^e   Foerster, Christopher ^e   Gray, Randal ^f   Ornato, Joseph P ^g   Powell, Judy ^b   Kudenchuk, Peter J ^b   Morrison, Laurie J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79251500684     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1010663     Document Type: Article

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