A Simple Community-Based Risk-Prediction Score for Sudden Cardiac Death

Improved Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death Risk

Risk stratification of patients to identify those who will benefit most from the primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) remains a challenge. For the last decade, measurement of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as a clinical risk predictor is recognized to be inadequate. In fact, contemporary real world data indicate that of the patients identified using thi...

Global Electric Heterogeneity Risk Score for Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death in the General Population

Lifetime Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community

BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading cause of death in the United States and often occurs without previous cardiac symptoms. Lifetime risk for SCD and the influence of established risk factors on lifetime risks for SCD have not been estimated previously. METHODS AND RESULTS We followed Framingham Heart Study participants who were free of cardiovascular disease before their earli...

Risk of sudden cardiac death

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine characteristics of patients with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and/or sudden cardiac death (SCD). We need an effective risk stratification method for SCD in patients without low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS The study population of this cross-sectional study consisted of 241 patients with SCA or SCD who were admitted to an a...

Sudden cardiac death risk stratification.

Arrhythmic sudden cardiac death (SCD) may be caused by ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation or pulseless electric activity/asystole. Effective risk stratification to identify patients at risk of arrhythmic SCD is essential for targeting our healthcare and research resources to tackle this important public health issue. Although our understanding of SCD because of pulseless electric activity/asy...