Journal article
A prospective study of sudden cardiac death among children and young adults
RD Bagnall, RG Weintraub, J Ingles, J Duflou, L Yeates, L Lam, AM Davis, T Thompson, V Connell, J Wallace, C Naylor, J Crawford, DR Love, L Hallam, J White, C Lawrence, M Lynch, N Morgan, P James, D Du Sart Show all
New England Journal of Medicine | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC | Published : 2016
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death among children and young adults is a devastating event. We performed a prospective, population-based, clinical and genetic study of sudden cardiac death among children and young adults. METHODS: We prospectively collected clinical, demographic, and autopsy information on all cases of sudden cardiac death among children and young adults 1 to 35 years of age in Australia and New Zealand from 2010 through 2012. In cases that had no cause identified after a comprehensive autopsy that included toxicologic and histologic studies (unexplained sudden cardiac death), at least 59 cardiac genes were analyzed for a clinically relevant cardiac gene mutation. RESULTS: A to..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and others.