Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a daunting problem. It is a major public health issue
for several reasons: from its prevalence (20% of total mortality in the industrialized world) to …

The autonomic nervous system regulates all aspects of normal cardiac function, and is
recognized to play a critical role in the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular diseases. As …

Background The “gray zone” of myocardial fibrosis (GZF) on cardiovascular magnetic
resonance may be a substrate for ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Objectives The purpose of …

Aims Sudden cardiac death (SCD) annual incidence is 0.6–1% in post-myocardial infarction
(MI) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)≥ 40%. No recommendations for …

Patients who have experienced a myocardial infarction (MI) are at increased risk of sudden
cardiac death (SCD). With the advent of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) …

Sinus node dysfunction may be either transient (reversible/physiological) due to the
involvement of the autonomic nervous system or pharmaceuticals, or chronic due to …

In many clinical research applications the time to occurrence of one event of interest, that
may be obscured by another—so called competing—event, is investigated. Specific …

There is a lack of understanding in the cardiac remodeling field regarding the use of
nonreperfused myocardial infarction (MI) and reperfused MI in animal models of MI. This …

Objectives: This study hypothesizes that a lack of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)
recovery after myocardial infarction (MI) would be associated with a poor outcome …

Survivors of myocardial infarction are at risk of life-threatening ventricular tachycardias (VTs)
later in their lives. Current guidelines for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) …