Letter by madias regarding article, "role of microvolt t-wave alternans in assessment of arrhythmia vulnerability among patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction: Primary results from the t-wave alternans sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial substudy"

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Madias, John E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; T WAVE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67651089514     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.834747     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Gold MR, Ip JH, Costantini O, Poole JE, McNulty S, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH. Role of microvolt T-wave alternans in assessment of arrhythmia vulnerability among patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction: primary results from the T-Wave Alternans Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial substudy. Circulation. 2008;118:2022-2028.
2. Madias JE. The need for studies to evaluate the reproducibility of the T-wave alternans (TWA), and the rationale for a correction index of the TWA. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2007;7:176-183.