American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society scientific statement on noninvasive risk stratification techniques for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1497-1518

  Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Cain, Michael E ^a   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Lauer, Michael S ^a   Maron, Barry J ^a   Page, Richard L ^a   Passman, Rod S ^a   Siscovick, David ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a   Zipes, Douglas P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Death, sudden; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART DEATH; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; ARTICLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049108914     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.189375     Document Type: Review

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