Arrhythmogenic phenotype in dilated cardiomyopathy: Natural history and predictors of life-threatening arrhythmias

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Spezzacatene, Anita ^a,b   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^b   Merlo, Marco ^b   Barbati, Giulia ^b,c   Graw, Sharon L ^a   Brun, Francesca ^b   Slavov, Dobromir ^a   Di Lenarda, Andrea ^c   Salcedo, Ernesto E ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^d   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^e   Marcus, Frank I ^f   Zareba, Wojciech ^g   Taylor, Matthew R G ^a   Mestroni, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Cardiovascular Center and University   (Italy)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Prognosis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC DIAMETER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; T WAVE; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84966599321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002149     Document Type: Article

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