sudden cardiac death

Etiology

long-QT cardiac arrhythmia
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
myocarditis
sudden death 'sine materia'

Subtypes

sudden death in young athletes

References

Rubart M, Zipes DP. Mechanisms of sudden cardiac death. J Clin Invest. 2005 Sep;115(9):2305-15. PMID: #16138184#

Maron BJ. Sudden death in young athletes. N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 11;349(11):1064-75. PMID: #12968091#

Huikuri HV, Castellanos A, Myerburg RJ. Sudden death due to cardiac arrhythmias. N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 15;345(20):1473-82. PMID: #11794197#

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