Resuscitation
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Ventricular fibrillation in Rochester, Minnesota: Experience over 18 years

  • Dipti A. Agarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Erik P. Hess

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth J. Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences Research, Division of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • ,
  • Roger D. White

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • City of Rochester Early Defibrillation Program, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Tel.: +1 507 255 1612; fax: +1 507 255 6463.

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 July 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.019.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00417-1

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.019

Resuscitation
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