Sudden Cardiac Death: Epidemiology, Circadian Variation, and Triggers

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 56-80

  Mahmoud, Karim D ^a   de Smet, Bart J G L ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Holmes, David R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIABETIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; WAKEFULNESS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952018473     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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