Bradycardia and asystole is the predominant mechanism of sudden cardiac death in patients with chronic kidney disease

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Mar 31;65(12):1263-1265. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.12.049.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Bradycardia / complications
  • Bradycardia / diagnosis
  • Bradycardia / mortality*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / complications
  • Heart Arrest / mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Renal Dialysis / methods
  • Renal Dialysis / mortality
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / complications
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / mortality*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sex Distribution