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This paper reviews current issues in the risk assessment of sudden cardiac death and non-invasive markers to identify patients who would most benefit from ICD implantation.
This review highlights the current issues and non-invasive markers used in the risk assessment of sudden cardiac death to optimize patient selection for ICD implantation.
Non-invasive SCD markers require further validation; leaves open their integration into ICD selection algorithms.
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most significant and challenging problems facing modern medicine today given its unpredictable nature. The evaluation of the patient at risk for sudden cardiac death still remains a complex task. The use of ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators) remains the mainstay of primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. However, much remains to be determined on how best to identify patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death who would most benefit from ICD implantations. This paper will review the current issues in the risk assessment of sudden cardiac death and non-invasive markers of sudden death.
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Fam et al. (2011) conducted a review in Sudden cardiac death. Non-invasive risk stratification was evaluated. This paper reviews current issues in the risk assessment of sudden cardiac death and non-invasive markers to identify patients who would most benefit from ICD implantation.
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