Have increasing rates of defibrillator implantation reduced the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
Raitt
Merritt H
MH
Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA. Merritt.raitt@med.va.gov
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*