Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Getting beyond the tip of the iceberg

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 793-796

  Ilkhanoff, Leonard ^a   Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

death; Editorials; sudden; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84865221227     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.123588     Document Type: Review

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