Sudden Death in Heart Failure: Vascular or Electrical?
Key result
Electrocardiographic evidence alone is insufficient to prove that arrhythmias are the principal cause of sudden death in heart failure, as they may be triggered by vascular events like ischaemia.
Population
Patients with heart failure
Design
Review
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Implication
The paper highlights the uncertainty regarding the primary cause of sudden death in heart failure, questioning whether it is fundamentally an electrical or vascular event.
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Population
Patients with heart failure
The paper highlights the uncertainty regarding the primary cause of sudden death in heart failure, questioning whether it is fundamentally an electrical or vascular event.
Cite This Study
Cleland et al. (1999) conducted a review in Heart failure. Electrocardiographic evidence alone is insufficient to prove that arrhythmias are the principal cause of sudden death in heart failure, as they may be triggered by vascular events like ischaemia.