Pathogenesis of Sudden Unexpected Death in a Clinical Trial of Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both
Author(s) -
AnneCatherine Pouleur,
Ebrahim Barkoudah,
Hajime Uno,
Hicham Skali,
Peter Finn,
Steven L. Zelenkofske,
Yuri Belenkov,
Mareev VIu,
Eric J. Velazquez,
Jean L. Rouleau,
Aldo P. Maggioni,
Lars Køber,
Robert M. Califf,
John J.V. McMurray,
Marc A. Pfeffer,
Scott D. Solomon
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.940619
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , heart failure , pathogenesis , sudden death , sudden cardiac death
The frequency of sudden unexpected death is highest in the early post-myocardial infarction (MI) period; nevertheless, 2 recent trials showed no improvement in mortality with early placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after MI.
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