Sudden Cardiac Death Without Recognizable Cause

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 21:42 in Health & Medicine

In about 10% of cases, sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people is due to a cardiac gene defect. Sudden cardiac death is defined as unexpected death occurring rapidly--usually within 1 h of the onset of symptoms--in persons who had previously seemed to be healthy.

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