Sudden arrhythmic death: From basic science to clinical practice

• Main Author: Ian N. Sabir (auth)
• Other Authors: Gareth D. Matthews (auth), Christopher LH Huang (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; ventricular arrhythmia; Inherited arrhythmia syndromes; sudden death; arrhythmia mechanisms; Channelopathies; ventricular tachycardia; cardiac modelling; Ventricular Fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation; Brugada Syndrome
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

With upwards of 4.5 million deaths worldwide each year, and more than one tenth of these occurring in those with no previously documented heart disease, sudden arrhythmic death (SAD) is both a major public health burden and a highly emotive issue for society at large. Recent years have witnessed a m...