Pulseless electric activity: Definition, causes, mechanisms, management, and research priorities for the next decade: Report from a national heart, lung, and blood institute workshop

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2532-2541

  Myerburg, Robert J ^a   Halperin, Henry ^b   Egan, Debra A ^c   Boineau, Robin ^c   Chugh, Sumeet S ^d   Gillis, Anne M ^e   Goldhaber, Joshua I ^d   Lathrop, David A ^c   Liu, Peter ^f   Niemann, James T ^g   Ornato, Joseph P ^h   Sopko, George ^c   Van Eyk, Jennifer E ^b   Walcott, Gregory P ⁱ   Weisfeldt, Myron L ^b   Wright, Jacqueline D ^c   Zipes, Douglas P ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

arrhythmias; cardiac; death; heart arrest; sudden

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; CYCLOSPORIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FAINTNESS; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOXIA; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INOTROPISM; LUNG EMBOLISM; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSELESS ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; QRS COMPLEX; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART ARREST;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PULSE; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889054390     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004490     Document Type: Article

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