Scope and nature of sudden cardiac death before age 40 in Ontario: A report from the Cardiac Death Advisory Committee of the Office of the Chief Coroner

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-523

  Pilmer, Caileigh M ^a   Porter, Bonita ^b   Kirsh, Joel A ^c   Hicks, Audrey L ^d   Gledhill, Norman ^e   Jamnik, Veronica ^e   Faught, Brent E ^f   Hildebrandt, Doris ^b   McCartney, Neil ^f   Gow, Robert M ^g   Goodman, Jack ^h   Krahn, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e York University   (Canada)

^f BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Heart disease; primary arrhythmia syndrome; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY ARRHYTHMIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875726044     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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