Temporal Trends in the Clinical and Pathological Characteristics of Victims of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Absence of Previously Identified Heart Disease

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Junttila, M Juhani ^a   Hookana, Eeva ^a   Kaikkonen, Kari S ^a   Kortelainen, Marja Leena ^a   Myerburg, Robert J ^b   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; fibrosis; heart disease; hypertrophy; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FINLAND; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84975481706     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.003723     Document Type: Article

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