Sudden cardiac death after early-onset myocardial infarction. A multicentre longitudinal cohort study with 20 years' follow-up.
Serena BricoliGiulia MagnaniMaddalena ArdissinoGiuseppe MagliettaPatrizia CelliMaurizio FerrarioUmberto CanosiCarlo CernettiFrancesco NegriPiera Angelica MerliniMarco TubaroCarlo BerzuiniChiara ManzaliniLuigi MoschiniElisabetta PonteRoberto PozziSilvia BurattiAndrea BottiFederico BarocelliAndrea BiagiRosario BonuraLuca BearzotTiziano MoccettiAntonio CrocamoMaria Francesca NotarangeloElisabetta MoscarellaPaolo CalabròGiampaolo NiccoliDiego ArdissinoPublished in: European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care (2024)
SCD frequently occurs during the 20 years after early-onset MI. The nature of the identified predictors and the absence of clustering suggests that the pathophysiological basis of SCD may be related to progressive coronary atherosclerosis.