Why the study?
Does cardiological and genetic assessment of surviving relatives of young SUD victims reveal the underlying disease and unmask presymptomatic carriers?
Population
43 consecutive families with >=1 sudden unexplained death (SUD) victim who died at <=40 years of age.
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Supports systematic family screening after young sudden unexplained death; leaves open prospective outcome validation.
Does cardiological and genetic assessment of surviving relatives of young SUD victims reveal the underlying disease and unmask presymptomatic carriers?
Cardiological and genetic assessment of surviving relatives of young sudden unexplained death victims has a high diagnostic yield, identifying the underlying disease in 40% of families.
Tan et al. (2005) studied this question.