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Declining Trend of Sudden Cardiac Death in Younger Individuals: A 20-Year Nationwide Study

Circulation

BACKGROUND:Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals remain unclear. Adjudication of SCD cases relied on multiple sources, including death certificates, medical files, and autopsy reports.

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Incidence and Autopsy Rates for Sudden Cardiac Death in Northern Finland

HeartRhythm

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) has an estimated annual incidence of 1 per 1000, based on epidemiological studies from death certificates. However, up to 40% of sudden deaths have been determined to be caused by extracardiac causes in autopsy studies.1,2

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) Study Group is a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the esteemed Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In the second case, the authors state the patient died of an MI that was “misadjudicated” by the FOURIER CEC as a non-cardiovascular death.

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Sudden cardiac death in psychiatric patients: for whom the bell tolls?

Heart BMJ

Psychiatric patients, especially those with severe mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, have significantly shorter life expectancy and higher risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared with the general population. Of the 6002 SCD.