Sudden cardiac death risk stratification in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1879-1889

  Goldberger, Jeffrey J ^a   Subačius, Haris ^a   Patel, Taral ^a   Cunnane, Ryan ^b   Kadish, Alan H ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiomyopathy; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FRAGMENTED QRS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NONISCHEMIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QRS T ANGLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE ALTERNANS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; QRS COMPLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; T WAVE;

ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899797515     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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