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Polymorphisms associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmias: rationale, design, and endpoints of the 'diagnostic data influence on disease management and relation of genomics to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in implantable cardioverter/defibrillator patients (DISCOVERY)' study.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Mar 2010
Wieneke Heinrich, Spencker Sebastian, Svendsen Jesper Hastrup, Martinez Juan Gabriel, Strohmer Bernhard, Toivonen Lauri, Le Marec Hervé, Garcia Javier, Kaup Bernd, Soykan Orhan, Corrado Domenico, Siffert Winfried
Abstract excerpt
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is effective in primary and secondary prevention for patients who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death. However, the current risk stratification of patients who may benefit from this therapy is unsatisfactory. Single nucleotide polymorphism...
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