October 8, 2024European Heart Journal39 citationsOpen Access
Sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction: individual participant data from pooled cohorts
Structured PICO
Can LVEF or other predictors accurately stratify the risk of sudden cardiac death in individuals after myocardial infarction?
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Population
Individuals after myocardial infarction
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Intervention
Risk stratification using left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) or other predictors
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Outcome
Sudden cardiac deathhard clinical
Current predictors, including LVEF, are insufficient for further refining the risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in post-myocardial infarction patients beyond standard LVEF thresholds.
Abstract
More accurate risk stratification for sudden cardiac death and identification of low-risk individuals with severely reduced LVEF or of high-risk individuals with preserved LVEF was not feasible, neither using LVEF nor using other predictors.