GW28-e0392 The value of ECG information Prediction in sudden cardiac death

sudden cardiac death in athletes: is universal ecg screening plausible?

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...

Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes: Is Universal ECG Screening Plausible?

would like to commend Dr Farzin Halabchi and colleagues regarding their excellent review article of " Sudden cardiac death in young athletes " [1]. The identification of underlying cardiovascular disease is a primary screening objective of physicians who care for athletes. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify some points made in the article and make some suggestions for future scree...

Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden Cardiac Death in the Athlete

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young athlete commonly brings to the forefront the many gaps in knowledge regarding how to predict and prevent these rare tragic events.1–3 Although the number of athletic sudden deaths is relatively small, with 100 to 150 competitive deaths during sports in the United States annually, they represent an important and emotionally charged public health issue, perha...

Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac death in heart failure.

Correspondence to: Dr Anthony W C Chow, The Heart Hospital, UCLH NHS Trust, 16–18 Westmoreland Street, London W1G 8PH, UK; anthony.chow@uclh. nhs.uk _________________________ T he definition of sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains controversial. Many such deaths are not witnessed, and without cardiac monitoring at the time of death the assumption of an underlying arrhythmic cause is speculative. ...