Journal article
Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today Part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death
Abstract
Accurate and timely prediction of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a necessary prerequisite for effective prevention and therapy. Although the largest number of SCD events occurs in patients without overt heart disease, there are currently no tests that are of proven predictive value in this population. Efforts in risk stratification for SCD have focused primarily on predicting SCD in patients with known structural heart disease. Despite the …
Authors
Al-Khatib SM; Sanders GD; Bigger JT; Buxton AE; Califf RM; Carlson M; Curtis A; Curtis J; Fain E; Gersh BJ
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 153, No. 6, pp. 941–950
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.003
ISSN
0002-8703