Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: Incidence, Trends, and Risk Factors in a Nationwide Study

FJ Ha; HC Han; P Sanders; K Fendel; AW Teh; JM Kalman; D O'donnell; T Leong; O Farouque; HS Lim

Journal article

Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: Incidence, Trends, and Risk Factors in a Nationwide Study

FJ Ha, HC Han, P Sanders, K Fendel, AW Teh, JM Kalman, D O'donnell, T Leong, O Farouque, HS Lim

Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.006470

Abstract

Background: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the young is devastating. Contemporary incidence remains unclear with few recent nationwide studies and limited data addressing risk factors for causes. We aimed to determine incidence, trends, causes, and risk factors for SCD in the young. Methods and Results: The National Coronial Information System registry was reviewed for SCD in people aged 1 to 35 years from 2000 to 2016 in Australia. Subjects were identified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code relating to circulatory system diseases (I00-I99) from coronial reports. Baseline demographics, circumstances, and cause of SCD were obtained from coronial and police rep..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Andrew Teh Author

Jonathan Kalman Author

Omar Farouque Author

Han Lim Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Dr Sanders reports having received research funding from Medtronic, St. Jude Medical (now Abbott), Boston Scientific, Biotronik, and Sorin. Dr Kalman reports having received research funding from St. Jude Medical (now Abbott), Biosense Webster, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. Dr Lim reports having received research support from St. Jude Medical (now Abbott). The other authors have no relevant funding to report.