Have increasing rates of defibrillator implantation reduced the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-261

  Raitt, Merritt H ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 9244224719     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.04.022     Document Type: Editorial

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