Pathogenesis of sudden unexpected death in a clinical trial of patients with myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction, heart failure, or both

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  • Anne-Catherine Pouleur
  • Ebrahim Barkoudah
  • Hajime Uno
  • Hicham Skali
  • Peter V Finn
  • Steven L Zelenkofske
  • Yuri N Belenkov
  • Viacheslav Mareev
  • Eric J Velazquez
  • Jean L Rouleau
  • Aldo P Maggioni
  • Køber, Lars Valeur
  • Robert M Califf
  • John J V McMurray
  • Marc A Pfeffer
  • Scott D Solomon
  • VALIANT Investigators
The frequency of sudden unexpected death is highest in the early post-myocardial infarction (MI) period; nevertheless, 2 recent trials showed no improvement in mortality with early placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after MI.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCirculation
Volume122
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)597-602
Number of pages6
ISSN0009-7322
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Aug 2010

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