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Association between survival and non-selective prehospital aspirin and heparin administration in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a propensity score-matched analysis

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  1. Ulrich Grabmaier, Konstantinos D. Rizas contributed equally to this work.

  2. Ludwig T. Weckbach, Stefan Brunner share senior authorship.

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  1. Med. Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Ulrich Grabmaier, Konstantinos D. Rizas, Julius Berghof, York Huflaender, Christopher Wiegers, Reza Wakili, Steffen Massberg, Ludwig T. Weckbach & Stefan Brunner

  2. DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany

    Ulrich Grabmaier, Reza Wakili & Steffen Massberg

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Michael Kaspar

  4. Medical Deparment IV, Klinikum der Universität München, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Matthias Angstwurm

  5. Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

    Reza Wakili

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Grabmaier, U., Rizas, K.D., Berghof, J. et al. Association between survival and non-selective prehospital aspirin and heparin administration in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a propensity score-matched analysis. Intensive Care Med 44, 537–539 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5111-2

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