Sudden Death in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Without Severe Systolic Dysfunction.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The majority of sudden and/or arrhythmic deaths (SAD) in patients with coronary heart disease occur in those without severe systolic dysfunction, for whom strategies for sudden death prevention are lacking.

Objective

To provide contemporary estimates of SAD vs other competing causes of death in patients with coronary heart disease without severe systolic dysfunction to search for high-risk subgroups that might be targeted in future trials of SAD prevention.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective observational cohort study included 135 clinical sites in the United States and Canada. A total of 5761 participants with coronary heart disease who did not qualify for primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy based on left ventr

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145665 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature