Sudden cardiac death: Better understanding of risks, mechanisms, and treatment

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1134-1136

  Lopshire, John C ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Death, sudden; Defibrillation; Editorials; Electrocardiography; Electrophysiology; Genetics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33748636707     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.647933     Document Type: Editorial

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