Early Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Early Defibrillation: a 24 Months Retrospective Analysis

Early Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Early Defibrillation: a 24 Months Retrospective Analysis

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death in the United States and most other Western nations. Among these deaths, sudden, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest claims approximately 1000 lives each day in the United States alone. Most of these cardiac arrests are due to ve...

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Main Authors: Paolo Terranova, Paolo Valli, Barbara Severgnini, Simonetta Dell'Orto, Enrico Maria Greco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-10-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Subjects:
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
early defibrillation
automated external defibrillators
Online Access:http://www.ipej.org/0604/terranova3.htm

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