Berit Thornvig Philbert

Long-term Mortality and Shock-rate in Patients Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with and without early implantation of an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Introduction In patients who survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), guidelines for implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are not unequivocal.Methods Patients resuscitated from OHCA of cardiac cause, without a reversible cause and an expected surv...