Factors Associated With Pulmonary Embolism-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Wulfran Bougouin1, Eloi Marijon1, Benjamin Planquette1

  • 1From Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM Unit 970, France (W.B., E.M., N.K., F.D., D.J., L.L., F.B., A.C., and X.J.); Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, France (W.B., E.M., B.P., N.K., F.D., F.B, A.C., G.M., X.J.); Cardiology Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France (W.B., E.M., N.K., X.J.); Paris Sudden Death Expertise Center, France (W.B., E.M., N.K., F.D., D.J., L.L., F.B., A.C.); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France (A.C.); Department of Respiratory Disease, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France (B.P., G.M.); INSERM U UMRS 1140, Paris, France (B.P.); Emergency Department, Cochin-Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, France (F.D.); Brigade de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris, France (D.J.); Inten-sive Care Unit, SAMU 75, Necker Enfants-Malades Hospital, Paris, France (L.L.); INSERM UMRS 970, CIC 1418, Paris, France (G.M.); and Sydney Medical School, Australia (D.S.C.).

Circulation
|December 21, 2016
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