Risk assessment for sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients: How relevant are conventional cardiac risk factors?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-432

  Saravanan, Palaniappan ^a   Freeman, Gavin ^b   Davidson, Neil C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD); Renal disease; Risk stratification; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 77957875133     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.048     Document Type: Article

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