Sudden cardiac death: Epidemiology and risk factors

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-225

  Adabag, A Selcuk ^a   Luepker, Russell V ^b   Roger, Véronique L ^c   Gersh, Bernard J ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950301165     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.3     Document Type: Review

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