Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.007149