Changing Incidence of Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation, 1980-2000

Leonard A. Cobb; Carol Fahrenbruch; Michele Olsufka; Michael K. Copass

doi:10.1001/jama.288.23.3008

Abstract

We observed a major decline in the incidence of out-of-hospital VF and in all cases of treated cardiac arrest presumably due to heart disease in Seattle. These changes likely reflect the national decline in coronary heart disease mortality.

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MedicineIncidence (geometry)EtiologyVentricular fibrillationRelative riskConfidence intervalInternal medicineEpidemiologyCardiology

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 288
Issue: 23
Pages: 3008-3008
Citations: 675
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                                    Leonard A. Cobb, 
                                
                                    Carol Fahrenbruch, 
                                
                                    Michele Olsufka
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Changing Incidence of Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation, 1980-2000. 
                            JAMA
                            , 288
                            (23)
                            , 3008-3008.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.23.3008
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.23.3008