Survival advantage from ventricular fibrillation and pulseless electrical activity in women compared to men: The oregon sudden unexpected death study

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-225

  Teodorescu, Carmen ^a   Reinier, Kyndaron ^a   Uy Evanado, Audrey ^a   Ayala, Jo ^a   Mariani, Ronald ^a   Wittwer, Lynn ^b   Gunson, Karen ^c   Jui, Jonathan ^d   Chugh, Sumeet S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulseless electrical activity; Resuscitation; Sudden cardiac arrest; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASYSTOLE; CAUCASIAN; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OREGON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84864703744     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9669-2     Document Type: Article

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