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Sudden Cardiac Death

Over the past decade, there has been a significant decrease in the hospital mortality of patients with coronary artery disease. However, sudden cardiac death, which accounts for the majority of deaths from coronary artery disease, hasbeen little affected. This report reviews the pathology, electroph...

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Autor principal: Weinberg, Marc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1978
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/356435
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description Over the past decade, there has been a significant decrease in the hospital mortality of patients with coronary artery disease. However, sudden cardiac death, which accounts for the majority of deaths from coronary artery disease, hasbeen little affected. This report reviews the pathology, electrophysiology, demographics and clinical presentation of sudden cardiac death. Emergency care and possible preventative measures are examined.
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spelling pubmed-25956652008-12-05 Sudden Cardiac Death Weinberg, Marc Yale J Biol Med Medical Review Over the past decade, there has been a significant decrease in the hospital mortality of patients with coronary artery disease. However, sudden cardiac death, which accounts for the majority of deaths from coronary artery disease, hasbeen little affected. This report reviews the pathology, electrophysiology, demographics and clinical presentation of sudden cardiac death. Emergency care and possible preventative measures are examined. 1978 /pmc/articles/PMC2595665/ /pubmed/356435 Text en
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