title: Sudden cardiac death from structural heart diseases in adults: imaging findings with cardiovascular computed tomography and magnetic resonance.
abstract: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as the unexpected natural death from a cardiac cause within an hour of the onset of symptoms in the absence of any other cause. Although such a rapid course of death is mainly attributed to a cardiac arrhythmia, identification of structural heart disease by cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is important to predict the long-term risk of SCD. In adults, SCD most commonly results from coronary artery diseases, coronary artery anomalies, inherited cardiomyopathies, valvular heart diseases, myocarditis, and aortic dissection with coronary artery involvement or acute aortic regurgitation. This review describes the CCT and CMR findings of structural heart diseases related to SCD, which are essential for radiologists to diagnose or predict.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Song Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. ksm9723@yahoo.co.kr.
authors.forename: Sung Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bo Hwa
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Stillman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Computed tomography; Heart; Magnetic resonance; Sudden cardiac death