Clinical utility of microvolt T-wave alternans testing in identifying patients at high or low risk of sudden cardiac death.
Merchant FM, Ikeda T, Pedretti RF, Salerno-Uriarte JA, Chow T, Chan PS, Bartone C, Hohnloser SH, Cohen RJ, Armoundas AA.
Merchant FM, et al.
Heart Rhythm. 2012 Aug;9(8):1256-64.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.014. Epub 2012 Mar 8.
Heart Rhythm. 2012.
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA) testing is a robust predictor of ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in at-risk patients. However, recent studies have suggested that MTWA testing is …
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA) testing is a robust predictor of …