More than 80% of deaths in patients with heart failure have a cardiovascular cause, highlighting the need for updated sudden cardiac death risk stratification strategies.
This review provides an update on current strategies for sudden cardiac death risk stratification in patients with both preserved and reduced ejection fraction heart failure.
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome in which structural/functional myocardial abnormalities result in symptoms and signs of hypoperfusion and/or pulmonary or systemic congestion at rest or during exercise. More than 80% of deaths in patients with HF recognize a cardiovascular cause, with most being either sudden cardiac death (SCD) or death caused by progressive pump failure. Risk stratification of SCD in patients with HF and preserved (HFpEF) or reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) represents a clinical challenge. This review will give an update of current strategies for SCD risk stratification in both HFrEF and HFpEF.
Masarone et al. (Sat,) conducted a review in Heart failure. Sudden cardiac death risk stratification was evaluated. More than 80% of deaths in patients with heart failure have a cardiovascular cause, highlighting the need for updated sudden cardiac death risk stratification strategies.