Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Decades of grassroots
campaigns have helped to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease in …

The recommendations listed in this clinical practice guideline are, whenever possible,
evidence-based. An initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from …

Background Although sudden cardiac death (SCD) is recognized as a high-priority public
health topic, reliable estimates of the incidence of SCD or, more broadly, out-of-hospital …

This international multidisciplinary document intends to provide clinicians with evidence‐
based practical patient‐centered recommendations for evaluating patients and decedents …

The main inherited cardiac arrhythmias are long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome,
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and Brugada syndrome. These rare …

Although sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most important modes of death in
Western countries, pathologists and public health physicians have not given this problem …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) from cardiac arrest is a major international public health
problem accounting for an estimated 15%–20% of all deaths. Although resuscitation rates …

Background: Studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death (SCD) use
emergency medical services records, death certificates, or definitions that infer cause of …

Heart disease was an uncommon cause of death in the US at the beginning of the 20th
century. By mid-century it had become the commonest cause. After peaking in the mid …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) generally refers to an unexpected death from a cardiovascular
cause in a person with or without preexisting heart disease. The specificity of this definition …