Sudden cardiac death prediction and prevention: Report from a national heart, lung, and blood institute and heart rhythm society workshop

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2335-2348

  Fishman, Glenn I ^a   Chugh, Sumeet S ^b   Dimarco, John P ^c   Albert, Christine M ^d   Anderson, Mark E ^e   Bonow, Robert O ^f   Buxton, Alfred E ^g   Chen, Peng Sheng ^h   Estes, Mark ⁱ   Jouven, Xavier ^j   Kwong, Raymond ^d   Lathrop, David A ^k   Mascette, Alice M ^k   Nerbonne, Jeanne M ^l   O'Rourke, Brian ^m   Page, Richard L ⁿ   Roden, Dan M ^o   Rosenbaum, David S ^p   Sotoodehnia, Nona ^q   Trayanova, Natalia A ^r   Zheng, Zhi Jie ^k   more..

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^k NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^o VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^r JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

electrophysiology; epidemiology; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; prevention; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650158253     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.976092     Document Type: Article

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