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

• Main Authors: Terranova, Paolo, Valli, Paolo, Dell'Orto, Simonetta, Greco, Enrico Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group 01.10.2006
• Subjects: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

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...