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January 1, 1989Japanese Circulation JournalOpen Access

An epidemiologic and histopathological study of sudden cardiac death in Osaka Medical Examiner's Office.

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Population

810 cases of sudden cardiac death out of 1230 sudden death cases autopsied in Osaka Medical Examiner's…

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Authors

RMRyoji MatobaOsaka City UniversityISICHIRO SHIKATATokushima UniversityKIKunimitsu IwaiKanazawa Medical University

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Implication

CHD and hypertension predominate in SCD; extends Asian epidemiology but leaves open causal targets for trials.

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Population
810 cases of sudden cardiac death (SCD) out of 1230 sudden death cases autopsied in Osaka Medical Examiner's Office from 1982 to 1986.
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Outcome
Epidemiologic characteristics and histopathological findings of sudden cardiac death.

Coronary heart disease and hypertension are major underlying factors in sudden cardiac death, which often occurs instantaneously and without prior recognized symptoms in a third of cases.

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Matoba et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a14dbddda545ed9969adf45https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.53.1581

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Cardiomyopathy
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