Temporal trends in sudden unexpected death in a general population: The Hisayama Study

Conclusions: The trend in the prevalence of SUD was stable across a half century in a general Japanese population. Despite the decrement in the prevalence of SUD from stroke, that from heart disease, especially ischemic heart disease, increased significantly with time.

Source: American Heart Journal - April 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Masaharu Nagata, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yasufumi Doi, Jun Hata, Fumie Ikeda, Naoko Mukai, Kazuhiko Tsuruya, Yoshinao Oda, Takanari Kitazono, Yutaka Kiyohara Tags: Acute Ischemic Heart Disease Source Type: research