Incidence of sudden cardiac death in Germany: Results from an emergency medical service registry in Lower Saxony

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1752-1758

  Martens, Eimo ^a,b   Sinner, Moritz F ^a   Siebermair, Johannes ^a   Raufhake, Carsten ^c   Beckmann, Britt M ^a   Veith, Stefan ^d   Düvel, Dieter ^d   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^e   Kääb, Stefan ^a,f  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Kliniken an der Paar   (Germany)

^c Ubbo Emmius Hospital Ostfriesland   (Germany)

^d Emergency Medical Service Aurich   (Germany)

^e Center of Cardiology at Hospital of Starnberg   (Germany)

^f DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical service; Epidemiology; Germany; Resuscitation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922794837     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu153     Document Type: Article

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