title: Frequency of ventricular fibrillation as predictor of one-year survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
abstract: This study determined whether electrocardiographic analysis of ventricular fibrillation (VF) can predict 1-year survival from bystander-witnessed, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin. VF was analyzed using fast-Fourier transformation in a community in which emergency medical technicians delivered shock with an automated external defibrillator before arrival to the hospital. The frequency of VF can predict survival 1 year after hospital discharge from shock-delivered, bystander-witnessed cardiac arrests of cardiac etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan. gotoyosh@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy