Sudden cardiac death (SCD) from cardiac arrest is a major international public health
problem accounting for an estimated 15%–20% of all deaths. Although resuscitation rates …

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Background There are several guidelines addressing the issues around the use of NSAIDs.
However, none has specifically addressed the upper versus lower gastrointestinal (GI) risk …

Background Coronary artery disease is a major public health problem affecting both
developed and developing countries. Acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina …

Background: Temporal trends in clinical characteristics, management and prognosis of
patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) remain to be elucidated in Japan. Methods and …

Millions of people suffer a myocardial infarction (MI) every year, and those who survive have
increased risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Recent clinical studies have …

Background: The wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) has emerged as a means of
protecting patients with newly diagnosed nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) or ischemic …

Background: The current status of primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) with
implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection …

Background Considering the rates of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and pump failure death
(PFD) in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and the cost-effectiveness of their preventing …

Background Reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction increases the risk of ventricular
arrhythmias; however, LV ejection fraction has a low sensitivity to predict ventricular …