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Cardiovascular Pathology, 2000 The rate of cardiac deaths that are sudden is approximately 50%, and decreases with age. The causes of sudden cardiac death are diverse, and are a function of age. In children and adolescents, coronary anomalies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocarditis are frequent substrates for lethal arrhythmias; in adults, coronary atherosclerosis and acquired ...
Bayés de Luna, Antoni +3 more
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British Medical Bulletin, 2017 Sudden cardiac arrest continues to be the leading cause of death in the industrialized world.Original papers, reviews and guidelines.Community programs for lay bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillation improve outcomes.
Clint Oommen +2 more
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Current Problems in Cardiology, 2015 Sudden death accounts for 300,000-400,000 deaths annually in the United States. Most sudden deaths are cardiac, and most sudden cardiac deaths are related to arrhythmias secondary to structural heart disease or primary electrical abnormalities of the heart.
Vikas Kuriachan +2 more
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Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Literature review of molecular basis [PDF]
, 2020 Intense athletic training and competition can rarely result in sudden cardiac death (SCD). Despite the introduction of pre-participation cardiovascular screening, especially among young competitive athletes, sport-related SCD remains a debated issue ...
Barbara Lombardo +5 more
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Forensic Sciences Research, 2019 Cardiovascular disease represents the main cause of death in developed countries. Cardiovascular disease frequently may account for premature fatal outcomes, even in the apparently healthy young, a...
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Aetiology of sudden cardiac death in sport: a histopathologist's perspective. [PDF]
, 2012 In the UK, when a young person dies suddenly, the coroner is responsible for establishing the cause of death. They will ask a consultant pathologist to carry out an autopsy in order to ascertain when, where and how that person died.
Sheppard, MN
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Structural imaging biomarkers of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. [PDF]
, 2015 Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is a major cause of premature death in people with epilepsy. We aimed to assess whether structural changes potentially attributable to sudden death pathogenesis were present on magnetic resonance imaging in people who ...
Balestrini, Simona +12 more
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Myocardial fibrosis in stroke survivors [PDF]
, 2015 Stroke survivors are most likely to die of cardiac death, yet few undergo comprehensive cardiac assessment to look for reversible causes. Myocardial fibrosis (MF) is not only the hallmark of cardiomyopathy, but also a substrate for sudden cardiac death ...
Allgar, V. +6 more
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Andersen-Tawil syndrome: report of 3 novel mutations and high risk of symptomatic cardiac involvement. [PDF]
, 2014 IntroductionAndersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a potassium channelopathy affecting cardiac and skeletal muscle. Periodic paralysis is a presenting symptom in some patients, whereas, in others, symptomatic arrhythmias or prolongation of QT in ...
Bieganowska, Katarzyna +11 more
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy genetics: Molecular diagnostics and prevention. [PDF]
, 2016 Epidemiologic studies clearly document the public health burden of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Clinical and experimental studies have uncovered dynamic cardiorespiratory dysfunction, both interictally and at the time of sudden death due ...
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