Prevention of sudden cardiac death beyond the ICD: Have we reached the boundary or are we just burning the surface?

Preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a major unsolved problem in contemporary medical practice. As the most common cause of SCD, treatment for ventricular arrhythmias is the target area of interest in research field. While implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) effectively decreases d...

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Main Authors: Niyada Naksuk, Christopher V. DeSimone, Suraj Kapa, Samuel J. Asirvatham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483213004422