Sudden Cardiac Death in Women With Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease, Preserved Ejection Fraction, and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Report From the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study

Sudden Cardiac Death in Women With Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease, Preserved Ejection Fraction, and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Report From the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study

BackgroundSudden cardiac death (SCD) is often the first presentation of ischemic heart disease; however, there is limited information on SCD among women with and without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated SCD incidence in the WISE (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation) stud...

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Main Authors: Puja K. Mehta, B. Delia Johnson, Tanya S. Kenkre, Wafia Eteiba, Barry Sharaf, Carl J. Pepine, Steven E. Reis, William J. Rogers, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Diane V. Thompson, Vera Bittner, George Sopko, Leslee J. Shaw, C. Noel Bairey Merz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
coronary atherosclerosis
ischemic heart disease
sudden cardiac death
women
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.005501

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