The magnitude of sudden cardiac death in the young: A death certificate-based review in England and Wales

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1353-1358

  Papadakis, Michael ^a,b   Sharma, Sanjay ^a,b   Cox, Steve ^c   Sheppard, Mary N ^d   Panoulas, Vasileios F ^b   Behr, Elijah R ^e  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiac Risk in the Young   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death certificates; Epidemiology; Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349501483     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup229     Document Type: Article

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