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Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure by Coman Ioana is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure and cardiomyopathy aims to prevent life-threatening arrhythmias using medical therapy or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients at high risk but without a history of such events. 2) Risk stratification is important to provide ICD therapy to those most likely to benefit while minimizing unnecessary implants. Clinical factors associated with increased mortality include advanced age, NYHA class III heart failure, atrial
- Author
- Coman Ioana
- Language
- EN