Genetics of sudden cardiac death - An epidemiologic perspective.

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Despite a positive family history of SCD being associated with increased risk for SCD in the offspring, the genetic contribution to SCD in general and in proportion to the population at risk is considered to be small. The majority of SCD is rated a common disease with multi allelic susceptibility markers of minor effect size each. A smaller proportion of obvious familial forms of early onset SCD, or SCD in the...

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