# Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands
#### (2001) - Pirn van Lommel, Ruud van Wees, Vincent Meyers, Ingrid Elfferich
**Link**:: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07100-8
**DOI**:: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07100-8
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**Cite Key**:: [@Van_Lommel2001-ie]
### Abstract
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BackgroundSome people report a near-death experience (NDE) after a life-threatening crisis. We aimed to establish the cause of this experience and assess factors that affected its frequency, depth, and content.
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