What question did this study set out to answer?

This research aims to understand the various risk factors contributing to sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias.

Frequency of Sudden Cardiac Death and Profiles of Risk

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May inform integrated SCD risk assessment; leaves open prospective validation of combined models before practice change.

This research aims to understand the various risk factors contributing to sudden cardiac death and ventricular arrhythmias.
Analysis of population dynamics using epidemiologic approaches
Evaluation of risk as a function of time from an index event
Examination of conditioning and transient risk factors affecting SCD.
Identification of multiple epidemiologic factors influencing sudden cardiac death.
Revealing that individual susceptibility to risk may have genetic underpinnings.
Emphasizing the need for a comprehensive understanding of combined risks for effective prevention.

Myerburg et al. (1997) studied this question.

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