Prevalence of ventricular late potentials in sudden cardiac death survivors
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Patients who survive an episode of sustained ventricular trachycardia (VT) or out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF) are known to have a high recurrence rate of 10% to 20% at 2 years.' Until the early 1990s, the preferred therapy for this high-risk population remained unclear. A variety of therapies have been proposed, including serial drug testing guided by Holter monitor or eletrophysi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(90)91870-z