Sudden cardiac death. Helping those at risk survive.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-1984
Abstract
Sudden cardiac death continues to pose a major public health problem in the United States. The underlying cause in the vast majority of patients is arteriosclerotic heart disease, and the pathophysiologic mechanisms are ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. In patients identified to be at great risk for sudden cardiac death, both noninvasive and invasive techniques are available to help guide antiarrhythmic therapy. When arrhythmias occur frequently, noninvasive techniques may be adequate to allow sequential pharmacologic testing until an effective regimen can be defined. However, in patients whose frequency of arrhythmia at rest is low, provocative techniques are required. In patients for whom a successful pharmacologic regimen is defined, the outlook is good and the chance of sudden cardiac death is considerably decreased.
Volume
75
Issue
4
First Page
269
Last Page
274
ISSN
0032-5481
Published In/Presented At
Malacoff R. F. (1984). Sudden cardiac death. Helping those at risk survive. Postgraduate medicine, 75(4), 269–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1984.11697972
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6701131
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article