EP News: Clinical

Tseng et  al (Circulation 2018;137:2689, PMID 29915095) conducted a medical examiner–based investigation to determine the incidence and autopsy-defined causes of all sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs). Over a 3-year period beginning in 2011, all incident adult deaths from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were pro spectively identified for autopsy, toxicology, and histology. Comprehensive records were evaluated to determine whether out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths met World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for SCD.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: EP News Source Type: research