Declining incidence of sudden cardiac death from 1990-2010 in a general middle-aged and elderly population: The Rotterdam Study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-129

  Niemeijer, Maartje N ^a   Van Den Berg, Marten E ^a   Leening, Maarten J G ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Deckers, Jaap W ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Rijnbeek, Peter R ^a   Stricker, Bruno H ^a,b   Eijgelsheim, Mark ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate of Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Population based study; Sudden cardiac death; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HEALTH STATUS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920647683     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.09.054     Document Type: Article

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