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Assessing Risk for Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

KC Wu - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is most commonly precipitated by malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias and readily prevented by insertion of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, our ability to identify which individuals are at highest risk for SCD and ...