Sudden Cardiac Death Prediction and Prevention
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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. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.976092