Sudden cardiac death among general population and sport related population in forensic experience

Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology Sports-Related Sudden Death in the General Population

Background—Although such data are available for young competitive athletes, the prevalence, characteristics, and outcome of sports-related sudden death have not been assessed previously in the general population. Methods and Results—A prospective and comprehensive national survey was performed throughout France from 2005 to 2010, involving subjects 10 to 75 years of age. Case detection for spor...

Sports-related sudden death in the general population.

BACKGROUND Although such data are available for young competitive athletes, the prevalence, characteristics, and outcome of sports-related sudden death have not been assessed previously in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS A prospective and comprehensive national survey was performed throughout France from 2005 to 2010, involving subjects 10 to 75 years of age. Case detection for sp...

Sudden cardiac death in the pediatric population.

Sudden death in children as in adults is usually due to cardiac disease. Sudden death in the pediatric population may be divided into the sudden infant death syndrome, sudden death in previously apparently healthy children, and sudden death in patients with known cardiac disease. The sudden infant death syndrome is not proved to be due to a cardiac cause and may well be due to central nervous s...

Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death in a Young Active Population

BACKGROUND Little is known about the burden of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among active, presumably healthy persons. We investigated the incidence of SCD among US male career firefighters. METHODS AND RESULTS All on-duty SCDs among US male career firefighters between 1998 and 2012 were identified from the US Fire Administration and the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health d...

Global Electric Heterogeneity Risk Score for Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death in the General Population