Karen L Kelly, Peter T Lin, Cristina Basso, Melanie Bois, L Maximilian Buja, Stephen D Cohle, Giulia d'Amati, Emily Duncanson, John T Fallon, Dennis Firchau, Gregory Fishbein, Carla Giordano, Charles Leduc, Silvio H Litovsky, Shannon Mackey-Bojack, Joseph J Maleszewski, Katarzyna Michaud, Robert F Padera, Stavroula A Papadodima, Sarah Parsons, Stanley J Radio, Stefania Rizzo, Susan J Roe, Maria Romero, Mary N Sheppard, James R Stone, Carmela D Tan, Gaetano Thiene, Allard C van der Wal, John P Veinot
Sudden cardiac death is, by definition, an unexpected, untimely death caused by a cardiac condition in a person with known or unknown heart disease. This major international public health problem accounts for approximately 15-20% of all deaths. Typically more common in older adults with acquired heart disease, SCD also can occur in the young where the cause is more likely to be a genetically transmitted process. As these inherited disease processes can affect multiple family members, it is critical that these deaths are appropriately and thoroughly investigated...
November 11, 2022: Cardiovascular Pathology: the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology