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SUBMITTER: Johnson CO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3422654 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Catherine O CO Lemaitre Rozenn N RN Fahrenbruch Carol E CE Hesselson Stephanie S Sotoodehnia Nona N McKnight Barbara B Rice Kenneth M KM Kwok Pui-Yan PY Siscovick David S DS Rea Thomas D TD
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 20120601 4
<h4>Background</h4>Fatty acids provide energy and structural substrates for the heart and brain and may influence resuscitation from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). We investigated whether genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism pathways was associated with SCA survival.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Subjects (mean age, 67 years; 80% male, white) were out-of-hospital SCA patients found in ventricular fibrillation in King County, WA. We compared subjects who survived to hospital admission (n=664) wi ...[more]