title: [Sudden cardiac death in adults. Epidemiology].
abstract: Epidemiology studies indicates that in populations sudden death is a prominent and lethal feature of coronary heart disease. Estimations show that 20-25 per cent of cardiac mortality die suddenly. The temporal definitions of sudden death range within 1 hour of the acute onset of symptoms in a subject who has been well. The usual risk factors of coronary heart disease are also predictive of sudden death but family history is a independent factors.
authors.affiliation: L'Académie nationale de médecine, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicolas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lecomte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology