Emergency coronary angiography in comatose cardiac arrest patients: Do real-life experiences support the guidelines?

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-301

  Bro Jeppesen, John ^a   Kjaergaard, Jesper ^a   Wanscher, Michael ^a   Pedersen, Frants ^a   Holmvang, Lene ^a   Lippert, Freddy K ^b   Møller, Jacob E ^a   Køber, Lars ^a   Hassager, Christian ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Emergency Medical Services   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; coronary angiography; coronary intervention; hypothermia; outcome; survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990361378     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872612465588     Document Type: Article

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