Abstract
Sudden Death in Heart Failure. Heart failure often is complicated by lethal arrhythmias. This article presents an overview of current thinking about the mechanisms of sudden death in heart failure, with an emphasis on the hypothesis that cardiomyopathy is an acquired form of the long QT syndrome.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1425-1428 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
Keywords
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart failure
- Long QT syndrome
- Potassium channels
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Physiology