Predictive significance for sudden death of microvolt-level T wave alternans in New York Heart Association class II congestive heart failure patients: a prospective study

Sudden cardiac death (SDC) is responsible for approximately 60-70% of deaths in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. Recently, microvolt-level T wave alternans has been proposed as a new noninvasive tool to identify CHF patients at risk for SCD and vent...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of cardiology 2005-10, Vol.105 (1), p.53-57
Hauptverfasser: Baravelli, Massimo, Salerno-Uriarte, Diego, Guzzetti, Daniela, Rossi, Maria Cristina, Zoli, Laura, Forzani, Teresio, Salerno-Uriarte, Jorge A
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Zusammenfassung:Sudden cardiac death (SDC) is responsible for approximately 60-70% of deaths in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. Recently, microvolt-level T wave alternans has been proposed as a new noninvasive tool to identify CHF patients at risk for SCD and ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VT/VF). To determine the prognostic value of MTWA in NYHA class II patients. Among 181 consecutive CHF patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy, 73 patients in NYHA class II with left ventricular ejection fraction
ISSN:0167-5273
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.026