August 7, 1975New England Journal of Medicine
Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation and Modes of Death in Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation
Population
n=234 patients successfully resuscitated from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation, hospitalized, and…
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Implication
High early recurrence risk after out-of-hospital VF warrants vigilant monitoring; leaves open optimal timing of secondary prevention strategies.
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Population
n=234 patients successfully resuscitated from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation, hospitalized, and discharged home
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Outcome
Recurrent ventricular fibrillation or deathhard clinical
Patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation, particularly those without an associated acute myocardial infarction, are at high risk for early, unexpected recurrence of sudden cardiac arrest.
Cite This Study
Schaffer et al. (1975) studied this question.