Key result
Current imaging techniques, electrocardiography findings, and genetic tests can improve the identification of heart failure patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.
Why the study?
Most cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure are due to sudden cardiac death or progressive pump failure, making risk stratification of sudden cardiac death a clinical challenge.
This review provides an update on current strategies for sudden cardiac death risk stratification in patients with heart failure.
May aid SCD risk stratification in HF; leaves open prospective validation for guiding therapy.
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 represents a clinical challenge. This review will give an update of current strategies for SCD risk stratification in HF.
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Hendry Purnasidha Bagaswoto (2019) conducted a review in Heart Failure. Current imaging techniques, electrocardiography findings, and genetic tests can improve the identification of heart failure patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death.
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