A critic's assessment of our approach to cardiac arrest

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-375

  Bardy, Gust H ^a  

^a Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79251522171     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1012554     Document Type: Editorial

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