Ion channel diseases as a cause of sudden cardiac death in young people: aspects of their diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis
Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the death of an apparently healthy person within one hour of the onset of symptoms, or within 24 hours of last being seen alive and well—with no evidence of an extra-cardiac cause. In autopsied cases, SCD is defined as the natural unexpected death of unknown...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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04 October 2024
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Deutsches Ärzteblatt
Year: 2024, Volume: 121, Issue: 20, Pages: 665-672 |
| ISSN: | 1866-0452 |
| DOI: | 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0130 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0130 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0130 |
| Author Notes: | Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Andreas Mügge, Ibrahim Akin, Huu Phuc Nguyen, Hendrik Milting, Assem Aweimer |
| Summary: | Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the death of an apparently healthy person within one hour of the onset of symptoms, or within 24 hours of last being seen alive and well—with no evidence of an extra-cardiac cause. In autopsied cases, SCD is defined as the natural unexpected death of unknown or cardiac cause. The reported incidence figures for SCD vary widely. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 14.05.2025 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1866-0452 |
| DOI: | 10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0130 |