Electrophysiologic Testing to Identify Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Risk for Sudden Death
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- 29 June 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (26), 1937-1945
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200006293422602
Abstract
The mortality rate among patients with coronary artery disease, abnormal ventricular function, and unsustained ventricular tachycardia is high. The usefulness of electrophysiologic testing for risk stratification in these patients is unclear.Keywords
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