Open AccessPulmonary Embolism as Cause of Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Istepan Kürkciyan,
Giora Meron,
Fritz Sterz,
Karin Janata,
Hans Domanovits,
Michael Hölzer,
Andrea Berzlanovich,
Hans Bankl,
Anton N. Laggner
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.160.10.1529
Subject(s) - pulseless electrical activity , medicine , asystole , ventricular fibrillation , pulmonary embolism , thrombolysis , cardiology , return of spontaneous circulation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , retrospective cohort study , autopsy , resuscitation , anesthesia , myocardial infarction
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a possible noncardiac cause of cardiac arrest. Mortality is very high, and often diagnosis is established only by autopsy.
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