Why the study?
Sudden cardiac death in the young is a rare and important public health concern that needs to be addressed and documented, particularly regarding cardiovascular causes and genetic factors in North India.
Population
59 suspected SCD cases aged 18 to 45 years in North India
Design
Autopsy and molecular study
Authors
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May guide genetic evaluation after unexplained young SCD; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
In young individuals with sudden cardiac death, sudden unexplained death with negative autopsy is the most common finding, highlighting the importance of molecular autopsy which yielded genetic causes in 42.8% of these unexplained cases.
Arava et al. (2025) studied this question.
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