Sudden Death in Young Adults

Sudden Death in Young Adults

Results We reviewed all nontraumatic sudden deaths in persons 18 years of age and over. We identified 902 subjects in whom the adjudicated cause of death was of potential cardiac etiology, with a mean age of 38 11 years. The mortality rate for SCD per 100,000 person-years for the study period was 6.7 for males and 1.4 for females (p 0.0001). Sudden death was attributed to a cardiac condition in...

Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Young Adults.

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Sudden death from cardiac causes in children and young adults.

From Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Address reprint requests to Dr. Liberthson at the Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.  1996, Massachusetts Medical Society. A LTHOUGH sudden death in a young person is rare, it can have a great impact on both the lay and the medical communities. Such unanticipated deaths sometimes occur in drama...

sudden cardiac death in young athletes

Sudden death in young athletes.

The causes of sudden and unexpected death in 29 highly conditioned, competitive athletes, ages 13-30 years, are summarized. Sudden death occurred during or just after severe exertion on the athletic field in 22 of the 29 athletes. Structural cardiovascular abnormalities were identified at necropsy in 28 of the 29 athletes (97%), and in 22 (76%) were almost certainly the cause of death. The most...