Work-up and management of sudden cardiac death survivors.
Management of patients resuscitated from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can be divided into three phases: (1) the in-hospital phase primarily deals with treatment of the cardiac, pulmonary, and neurologic complications of the resuscitation; (2) the second phase consists of diagnostic studies to identify any underlying cardiac pathology or predisposing factors and to characterize the nature of the patient's arrhythmia; and (3) in the final phase, these data are used to guide the appropriate choice of therapy.
DiMarco
J P
JP
Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000009:adverse effects; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans