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Eric C. Stecker
Researcher at Oregon Health & Science University
Publications - 84
Citations - 3120
Eric C. Stecker is an academic researcher from Oregon Health & Science University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Sudden cardiac death. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2362 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric C. Stecker include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center & Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
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Current burden of sudden cardiac death: multiple source surveillance versus retrospective death certificate-based review in a large U.S. community.
Sumeet S. Chugh,Jonathan Jui,Karen Gunson,Eric C. Stecker,Benjamin T. John,Barbara Thompson,Nasreen A Ilias,Catherine Vickers,Vivek Dogra,Mohamud Daya,Jack Kron,Zhi Jie Zheng,George A. Mensah,John H. McAnulty +13 more
TL;DR: Sudden cardiac death accounts for 5.6% of annual mortality, and prospective evaluation in the general population appears to be feasible, and the use of multiple sources of ascertainment and information significantly enhances phenotyping of SCD cases.
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Population-based analysis of sudden cardiac death with and without left ventricular systolic dysfunction: two-year findings from the Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study.
Eric C. Stecker,Catherine Vickers,Justin Waltz,Carmen Socoteanu,Benjamin T. John,Ronald Mariani,John H. McAnulty,Karen Gunson,Jonathan Jui,Sumeet S. Chugh +9 more
TL;DR: Only one-third of the evaluated SCD cases had severe LV dysfunction meeting current criteria for prophylactic cardioverter-defibrillator implantation, and these findings support the aggressive development of alternative screening methods to enhance identification of patients at risk.
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Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use: A Practical Guide to Common Clinical Challenges.
TL;DR: This review will provide an overview of DOACs and act as a practical reference for clinicians to optimize DOAC use among common challenging scenarios and Topics addressed include appropriate indications, use in patients with specific comorbidities, and cost considerations.
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Public Health Burden of Sudden Cardiac Death in the United States
Eric C. Stecker,Kyndaron Reinier,Eloi Marijon,Kumar Narayanan,Carmen Teodorescu,Audrey Uy-Evanado,Karen Gunson,Jonathan Jui,Sumeet S. Chugh +8 more
TL;DR: The societal burden of SCD is high relative to other major causes of death and improved national surveillance with the goal of optimizing and monitoring SCD prevention and treatment should be a high priority.
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2018 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Tobacco Cessation Treatment: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents
Rajat S. Barua,Nancy A. Rigotti,Neal L. Benowitz,K. Michael Cummings,Mohammad-Ali Jazayeri,Pamela B. Morris,Elizabeth V Ratchford,Linda Sarna,Eric C. Stecker,Barbara S. Wiggins +9 more
TL;DR: This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a collection of donations made by the public and private sectors.