Noninvasive risk stratification for sudden death: signal-averaged electrocardiography, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity, and QRS duration

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2008 Sep-Oct;51(2):106-17. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.10.001.

Author

Kenneth M Stein¹

Affiliation

¹ Maurice and Corinne Greenberg Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA. kstein@mail.med.cornell.edu

PMID: 18774010
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.10.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Baroreflex*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators, Implantable
Electric Countershock / adverse effects
Electric Countershock / instrumentation
Electrocardiography*
Heart Rate*
Humans
Patient Selection
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
Time Factors
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy