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Pulseless ventricular tachycardia epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation[1] are the causes of most sudden cardiac deaths and account for about 300,000 deaths per year in the united states alone. This figure is most likely underestimated as it doesn’t account for deaths due to unwitnessed dysrhythmias.[2]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
For more see Epidemiology and Demographics of ventricular tachycardia.
References
References
- ↑ Tang PT, Shenasa M, Boyle NG (December 2017). “Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death”. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 9 (4): 693–708. doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2017.08.004. PMID 29173411.
- ↑ McNally B, Robb R, Mehta M, Vellano K, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW, Sasson C, Crouch A, Perez AB, Merritt R, Kellermann A (July 2011). “Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance — Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005–December 31, 2010”. MMWR Surveill Summ. 60 (8): 1–19. PMID 21796098.
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