Remember, none of the newer drugs have been shown to decrease cardiac mortality either.

Interventions that augment HRV may be protective against cardiac mortality and sudden cardiac death.

In Massachusetts, for example, cardiac surgical mortality declined by about 40 percent even without a statewide program for reporting outcomes.

Studies have shown that exposure to particulate matter is related to an increase of respiratory and cardiac mortality.

A much more palatable treatment to reduce cardiac mortality has not received sufficient emphasis.

In Massachusetts, for example, a state without a formal quality-improvement program, cardiac surgical mortality declined by about 40 percent over roughly the same period.

"Fifty percent of cardiac mortality is arrhythmic," explained Dr. Levine, who runs the busiest arrhythmia center in the nation.

Independently, the SA was a stronger risk indicator of cardiac mortality compared to the other cardiovascular and ECG risk factors analyzed .

Exercise capacity is a well-established predictor of cardiac mortality in women, but now a new study indicates how much exercise is enough.

Dr. Walters, an eminent cardiologist, notes that patients, by choosing a healthy life style, are most responsible for the observed decline in cardiac mortality.