SUDDEN DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE.

Sudden death in ischemic heart disease.

Sudden death, defined as the death that occurs naturally, unexpectedly and instantaneously or within the first hour of the onset of premonitory symptoms, is one of the most important challenge of the modern cardiology. This is due to both, its elevated incidence (400,000 to 500,000 cases per year in United States alone) and its dramatic presentation (many of the victims are relatively young and...

Approaches to sudden death from coronary heart disease.

SUMMARY Sudden cardiac death (SCD) continues unabated. Coronary care units, while effective in lowering hospital mortality, cannot significantly reduce SCD which occurs primarily outside the hospital and accounts for the majority of deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD). In view of the frequent precipitous nature of SCD, only a program which identifies and protects the victim prior to the ev...

Sudden Death in Ischemic Heart Disease

Sudden death and coronary heart disease.

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Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by Coronary Heart Disease

An association between the anatomic pathology and pathophysiology of coronary atherosclerosis and sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been long recognized. At the end of the 15th century, Da Vinci described a personally witnessed SCD that he attributed to a “parched and shrunk and withered ... artery that feeds the heart” at autopsy,1 and in 1812, Warren, commenting on the significance of Heberden’s...