Witnessed and unwitnessed sudden cardiac death: a nationwide study of persons aged 1-35 years.
Jesper SvaneThomas Hadberg LyngeCarl Johann HansenBjarke RisgaardBo Gregers WinkelJacob Tfelt HansenPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
Several clinical characteristics and autopsy findings were similar between witnessed and unwitnessed SCD cases. Our data support the inclusion of both witnessed and unwitnessed cases in epidemiological studies of SCD cases aged 1-35 years, although the risk of misclassification is higher among unwitnessed and non-autopsied cases of SCD.
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