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Epidemiology of Sudden Death

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Sudden death, mainly out-of-hospital death, is a major public health burden throughout the world. It accounts for 50 to 75% of all fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in countries where data are collected. It is usually unexpected, affecting all age, gender, and ethnic groups (1). The immediate mechanism of death is ventricular fibrillation or ventricular standstill, but the underlying cause is commonly ischemic coronary heart disease (CHD). However, other causes including different forms of cardiac pathology, genetic and environmentally induced, are also well recognized.

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  1. Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    Russell V. Luepker MD, MS

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

    Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP  & Mary Ann Peberdy MD, FACC  & 

  2. Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA

    Joseph P. Ornato MD, FACP, FACC, FACEP  & Mary Ann Peberdy MD, FACC  & 

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Luepker, R.V. (2005). Epidemiology of Sudden Death. In: Ornato, J.P., Peberdy, M.A. (eds) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-814-5:011

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