Sudden cardiac death in low-resource settings: Lessons from a resuscitated cardiac arrest

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-95

  Bonny, Aimé ^a   Amougou, Sylvie Ndongo ^b   Noah, Dominique Noah ^c   Mbenoun, Marthe Liliane ^d   Karaye, Kamilu ^e  

^a Bonassama District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^b Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c Hopital Central de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d Centre des Maladies Respiratoires   (Cameroon)

^e BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Resuscitation; Sub Saharan Africa; Sudden cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BISOPROLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIRCRAFT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; UTILIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CAMEROON; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84929928504     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: 16800745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2015-020     Document Type: Article

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