Welcome to the short course on ‘Sudden Cardiac Death’. 

Sudden cardiac death is a global health threat for which we have only partial answers. With growing elucidation of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of sudden cardiac death, better patient identification and treatment options are being developed. These include risk stratification paradigms, ICD therapy, pharmacological options, ablative procedures, and other treatments.

In this course, you will learn about:

• defibrillator technology and clinical applications.
• pathophysiological pathways and etiologies
• risk-stratification in ion channel diseases and
• structural heart disease such as dilated cardiomyopathy.

Students pursuing cardiology and advanced practitioners of cardiac medicine will find this course useful.

This course – based on the book ‘Sudden Cardiac Death’ – Edited by Peter Magnusson and Jo Ann LeQuang – comes with the courtesy of IntechOpen and is produced here under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License for the benefit of healthcare professionals.

Disclaimer : The content in this course is educational in nature and intended solely as general health information. It is not a recommendation for treatment or medical advice. It is not a substitute for advice from a health care provider. If you  as a patient are experiencing a medical emergency, contact your health care provider or an emergency room.