Key result
Left ventricular hypertrophy is a strong risk factor for sudden cardiac death in women, which accounts for 34% of female coronary deaths, whereas asymptomatic ventricular dysrhythmias do not.
Why the study?
What are the gender differences in risk factors for sudden cardiac death?
What are the gender differences in risk factors for sudden cardiac death?
Left ventricular hypertrophy, but not asymptomatic ventricular dysrhythmias, is a strong predictor of sudden cardiac death in women, highlighting important gender differences in risk stratification.
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LVH may refine SCD risk assessment in women; leaves open prospective validation of gender-specific stratification.
Seth T. Dahlberg (2008) conducted a review in Sudden cardiac death. Left ventricular hypertrophy is a strong risk factor for sudden cardiac death in women, which accounts for 34% of female coronary deaths, whereas asymptomatic ventricular dysrhythmias do not.
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