Abstract
Ventricular arrhythmias range from benign premature ventricular contractions to ventricular fibrillation and can be asymptomatic or have suddencardiacdeathas the first manifestation.Suddencardiacdeath is a major public health problem, accounting for50%of all cardiovascular death.1 Although a plurality of sudden cardiac death occurs in the general population with no apparent cardiac risk factors, the risk is greatest in patients with LVEF of less than 30%, clinical heart failure, prior aborted cardiac arrest, or coronary artery disease.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 161-162 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association |
Volume | 322 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 9 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine