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Long-term quality of life after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

JAMA Cardiology

2023-09-13
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About The Study: In this survey study of 2,552 survivors of cardiac arrest in Denmark, health-related quality of life up to 20 years after the event was consistently high across follow-up periods and comparable to the general Danish population. These findings support resource allocation and efforts targeted to increasing survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Authors: Harman Yonis, M.D., of Nordsjallands Hospital in Hillerod, Denmark, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.2934)

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