Death and near death from cardiac arrest during the Boston Marathon

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Cohen, Stafford I ^a   Ellis, Ethan R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; defibrillation; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BOSTON; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856694990     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03248.x     Document Type: Review

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