Predictors of sudden cardiac death in high ‐risk patients following a myocardial infarction

ConclusionAn easy to use SCD risk score developed from routinely collected clinical variables in patients with heart failure, left ventricular systolic dysfunction or both, early after AMI was superior to left ventricular ejection fraction. This score might be useful in identifying patients for future trials testing treatments to prevent SCD early after AMI.

Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - January 15, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kieran F. Docherty, Jo ão Pedro Ferreira, Abhinav Sharma, Nicolas Girerd, John Gregson, Kevin Duarte, Mark C. Petrie, Pardeep S. Jhund, Kenneth Dickstein, Marc A. Pfeffer, Bertram Pitt, Patrick Rossignol, Faiez Zannad, John J.V. McMurray Tags: Research Article Source Type: research