Electrophysiologic Testing to Identify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Risk for Sudden Death

Alfred E. Buxton; Kerry L. Lee; Lorenzo A. DiCarlo; Michael R. Gold; G. Stephen Greer; Eric N. Prystowsky; Michael F. O’Toole; Anthony Tang; John D. Fisher; James Coromilas; Mario Talajic; Gail E. Hafley

doi:10.1056/nejm200006293422602

Abstract

Patients with coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction, and asymptomatic, unsustained ventricular tachycardia in whom sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias cannot be induced have a significantly lower risk of sudden death or cardiac arrest and lower overall mortality than similar patients with inducible sustained tachyarrhythmias.

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MedicineCardiologyInternal medicineCoronary artery diseaseVentricular tachycardiaAsymptomaticEjection fractionSudden cardiac deathSudden deathHeart failure

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 342
Issue: 26
Pages: 1937-1945
Citations: 559
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                                    Alfred E. Buxton, 
                                
                                    Kerry L. Lee, 
                                
                                    Lorenzo A. DiCarlo
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Electrophysiologic Testing to Identify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Risk for Sudden Death. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 342
                            (26)
                            , 1937-1945.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200006293422602
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm200006293422602