title: Introduction to a compendium on sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, mechanisms, and management.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. gtomasel@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Gordon F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Tomaselli
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019468:Disease Management; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents
keywords: Editorials; defibrillators; genetics; ion channels; stem cells