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Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death.

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Al-Khatib, SM; Sanders, GD; Bigger, JT; Buxton, AE; Califf, RM; Carlson, M; Curtis, A; Curtis, J; Fain, E; Gersh, BJ; Gold, MR; Hammill, SC ...
Published in: Am Heart J
June 2007

Accurate and timely prediction of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a necessary prerequisite for effective prevention and therapy. Although the largest number of SCD events occurs in patients without overt heart disease, there are currently no tests that are of proven predictive value in this population. Efforts in risk stratification for SCD have focused primarily on predicting SCD in patients with known structural heart disease. Despite the ubiquity of tests that have been purported to predict SCD vulnerability in such patients, there is little consensus on which test, in addition to the left ventricular ejection fraction, should be used to determine which patients will benefit from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. On July 20 and 21, 2006, a group of experts representing clinical cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, biostatistics, economics, and health policy were joined by representatives of the US Food and Drug administration, Centers for Medicare Services, Agency for Health Research and Quality, the Heart Rhythm Society, and the device and pharmaceutical industry for a round table meeting to review current data on strategies of risk stratification for SCD, to explore methods to translate these strategies into practice and policy, and to identify areas that need to be addressed by future research studies. The meeting was organized by the Duke Center for the Prevention of SCD at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and was funded by industry participants. This article summarizes the presentations and discussions that occurred at that meeting.

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Am Heart J

DOI

EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

June 2007

Volume

153

Issue

6

Start / End Page

941 / 950

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tachycardia, Ventricular
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Risk Assessment
  • Registries
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Humans
  • Genetic Testing
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Electrocardiography
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
 

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Al-Khatib, S. M., Sanders, G. D., Bigger, J. T., Buxton, A. E., Califf, R. M., Carlson, M., … Expert panel participating in a Duke’s Center for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death conference, . (2007). Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Am Heart J, 153(6), 941–950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.003
Al-Khatib, Sana M., Gillian D. Sanders, J Thomas Bigger, Alfred E. Buxton, Robert M. Califf, Mark Carlson, Anne Curtis, et al. “Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death.Am Heart J 153, no. 6 (June 2007): 941–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.003.
Al-Khatib SM, Sanders GD, Bigger JT, Buxton AE, Califf RM, Carlson M, et al. Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Am Heart J. 2007 Jun;153(6):941–50.
Al-Khatib, Sana M., et al. “Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death.Am Heart J, vol. 153, no. 6, June 2007, pp. 941–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.003.
Al-Khatib SM, Sanders GD, Bigger JT, Buxton AE, Califf RM, Carlson M, Curtis A, Curtis J, Fain E, Gersh BJ, Gold MR, Haghighi-Mood A, Hammill SC, Healey J, Hlatky M, Hohnloser S, Kim RJ, Lee K, Mark D, Mianulli M, Mitchell B, Prystowsky EN, Smith J, Steinhaus D, Zareba W, Expert panel participating in a Duke’s Center for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death conference. Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today: part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Am Heart J. 2007 Jun;153(6):941–950.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am Heart J

DOI

EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

June 2007

Volume

153

Issue

6

Start / End Page

941 / 950

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tachycardia, Ventricular
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Risk Assessment
  • Registries
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Humans
  • Genetic Testing
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Electrocardiography
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac