American Heart Journal
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 826-833 , May 2003

Time trends in long-term mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 1980 to 1998, and predictors for death

  • Johan Engdahl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Angela Bång, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jonny Lindqvist, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Johan Herlitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Johan Herlitz, MD, Division of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 G⊻Adoteborg, Sweden.

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☆ Supported by grants from The Swedish Heart & Lung Foundation, from the Laerdal Foundation, Norway, and from the Göteborg Medical Society.

PII: S0002-8703(03)00074-7

doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00074-7

American Heart Journal
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 826-833 , May 2003

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