1 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
Prevention of myocardial functional deterioration and sudden cardiac death among individuals of intermediate risk remains one of the most elusive frontiers of contemporary medicine. While most of these individuals are known to have had contact with the medical system, they are frequently not considered to be at high risk until far advanced along one or multiple disease processes leading to irreversible myocardial loss and electric instability. The goal of this proposal is to determine the prognostic power of combining specific measures of ventricular architecture, myocardial structure and electrical function for the early identification of individuals at risk to develop ventricular arrhythmias and progressive myocardial failure leading to severe cardiovascular outcomes and death.