Pathogenesis of Sudden Unexpected Death in a Clinical Trial of Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both
Pouleur AC, Barkoudah E, Uno H, Skali H, Finn PV, Zelenkofske SL, Belenkov YN, Mareev V, Velazquez EJ, Rouleau JL, Maggioni AP, Køber L, Califf RM, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD. Pathogenesis of Sudden Unexpected Death in a Clinical Trial of Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both. Circulation 2010, 122: 597-602. PMID: 20660803, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.110.940619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden unexpected deathRecurrent MISudden deathArrhythmic deathAutopsy recordsUnexpected deathAcute Myocardial Infarction trialImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapyEarly post-myocardial infarction periodPost-myocardial infarction periodMyocardial Infarction trialCardioverter-defibrillator therapySudden death eventsIndex MILack of benefitSeries of casesCardiovascular causesNoncardiovascular causesVentricular dysfunctionAcute MICardiac ruptureHeart failureAutopsy evidenceClinical groundsAutopsy findings