April 28, 2003Circulation
Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women in the United States
Why the study?
Do coronary heart disease risk factors predict the risk of sudden cardiac death in women?
Population
Women in the United States
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
CHD risk factors may flag higher SCD risk in women; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
Do coronary heart disease risk factors predict the risk of sudden cardiac death in women?
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Population
Women in the United States
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Outcome
Sudden cardiac death (SCD)hard clinical
Coronary heart disease risk factors predict sudden cardiac death in women, suggesting that preventing atherosclerosis or ventricular arrhythmias may reduce SCD incidence.
Cite This Study
Albert et al. (2003) studied this question.