Sudden death in coronary artery disease: Acute ischemia versus myocardial substrate

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3215-3223

  Mehta, Davendra ^a   Curwin, Jay ^a   Gomes, J Anthony ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Ischemia; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MICROEMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030671242     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.9.3215     Document Type: Review

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