Abstract:
:Sudden cardiac death accounts for up to one half of the heart failure deaths each year. Thus, an understanding of the possible mechanisms, markers, and treatments of sudden cardiac death is an important component in the care of this patient population. This article discusses recent hypotheses as well as both preventative and interruptive therapies for sudden cardiac death in heart failure.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Amjournal_title
Critical care nursing clinics of North Americaauthors
Woo MAsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-12-01 00:00:00pages
609-17issue
4eissn
0899-5885issn
1558-3481journal_volume
5pub_type
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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journal_title:Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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