American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 467-472 , September 2009

Prognosis among survivors of primary ventricular fibrillation in the percutaneous coronary intervention era

  • Jonas S.S.G. de Jong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jonas S. S. G. de Jong, MD, Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, room B2-238, PO Box 22700, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Roos F. Marsman, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • José P.S. Henriques, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Karel T. Koch, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Robbert J. de Winter, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Michael W.T. Tanck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Lukas R.C. Dekker, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Received 13 October 2008 ,Accepted 23 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.06.028

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 3 , Pages 467-472 , September 2009

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