[Sudden cardiac death: Are women different?]
Sudden cardiac death is a major public health problem with around 40,000 cases per year in France. Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic differences according to gender have been described in most cardiovascular diseases, including sudden cardiac death. In this article, we will review gender differences in sudden cardiac death incidence, circumstance of occurrence, management, and prognosis.
Centre d'expertise mort subite (CEMS), hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm Unit 970, centre de recherche cardiovasculaire (PARCC), 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France. Electronic address: nicole.karam@aphp.fr.
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Karam
Centre d'expertise mort subite (CEMS), hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm Unit 970, centre de recherche cardiovasculaire (PARCC), 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Marijon
Centre d'expertise mort subite (CEMS), hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm Unit 970, centre de recherche cardiovasculaire (PARCC), 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France.
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Bougouin
Centre d'expertise mort subite (CEMS), hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm Unit 970, centre de recherche cardiovasculaire (PARCC), 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Spaulding
Centre d'expertise mort subite (CEMS), hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Inserm Unit 970, centre de recherche cardiovasculaire (PARCC), 56, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France; Département de cardiologie, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France; Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
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Jouven
D002423:Cause of Death; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000401:mortality
Arrêt cardiaque; Epidemiology; Femme; Fibrillation ventriculaire; Mort subite; Sudden cardiac arrest; Sudden death; Ventricular fibrillation; Women; Épidémiologie