April 28, 2003
View Full PaperProspective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women in the United States
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.
Abstract
These prospective data suggest that, as in men, coronary heart disease risk factors predict risk of SCD in women and that SCD is usually an arrhythmic death. Therefore, prevention of atherosclerosis or ventricular arrhythmias may reduce the incidence of SCD in women.