Johns Hopkins Study Helps Predict Which ARVD Patients are at Highest Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death - 09/21/2011

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Johns Hopkins Study Helps Predict Which ARVD Patients are at Highest Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death - 09/21/2011

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Johns Hopkins experts in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) have defined a set of criteria that could be used to assess a patient’s need for an implanted defibrillator to prevent sudden death. In a study to be published in the September 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that is now online, the researchers report that using those criteria, they were able to separate the patients at high risk for a life-threatening irregular heart rhythm from those with l

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Tags: Heart, Heart Disease, Sudden Cardiac Death, Advanced Life Support, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mortality

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