Risk stratification for arrhythmic sudden cardiac death: Identifying the roadblocks

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2423-2430

  Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a,k   Buxton, Alfred E ^b   Cain, Michael ^c   Costantini, Otto ^d   Exner, Derek V ^e   Knight, Bradley P ^a   Lloyd Jones, Donald ^a   Kadish, Alan H ^a   Lee, Byron ^f   Moss, Arthur ^g   Myerburg, Robert ^h   Olgin, Jeffrey ^f   Passman, Rod ^a   Rosenbaum, David ^d   Stevenson, William ⁱ   Zareba, Wojciech ^g   Zipes, Douglas P ^j  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

epidemiology; heart arrest; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958102468     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.959734     Document Type: Article

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