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Life-saving automated external defibrillation in a teenager: a case report

BACKGROUND: Adolescent sudden death during sport participation is commonly due to cardiac causes. Survival is more likely when an automated external defibrillator (AED) is used soon after collapse. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of sudden death in a 14 year old boy with two remarkable points,...

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Autores principales: Rey, Corsino, Rodríguez-Nuñez, Antonio, Medina, Alberto, Mayordomo, Juan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2018713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17767706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-76