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[Postmortem genetic analysis following sudden cardiac death : Background, approach, and future].
Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie - 1 Mar 2024
Kauferstein Silke, Beckmann Britt-Maria
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BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as an unexpected, nontraumatic death with a possible cardiac or unknown cause. The lowest incidence is observed in infancy and childhood (1 per 100,000), and the incidence is approximately 50 per 100,000 in the middle-aged population, reaching a plateau around the age of 80 (200 per 100,000). While most SCD cases occur in older people with coronary artery disease,...
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