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[Sudden cardiac death in individuals with normal hearts: an update]. / Muerte súbita cardiaca en el corazón estructuralmente normal: una actualización.
González-Melchor, Laila; Villarreal-Molina, Teresa; Iturralde-Torres, Pedro; Medeiros-Domingo, Argelia.
Affiliation
  • González-Melchor L; Servicio de Arritmias, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Villarreal-Molina T; Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Iturralde-Torres P; Servicio de Arritmias, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Medeiros-Domingo A; Servicio de Arritmias, Hospital Universitario, Berna, Suiza. Electronic address: argelia.medeiros@insel.ch.
Arch Cardiol Mex ; 84(4): 293-304, 2014.
Article in Es | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25128006
Sudden death (SD) is a tragic event and a world-wide health problem. Every year, near 4-5 million people experience SD. SD is defined as the death occurred in 1h after the onset of symptoms in a person without previous signs of fatality. It can be named "recovered SD" when the case received medical attention, cardiac reanimation effective defibrillation or both, surviving the fatal arrhythmia. Cardiac channelopathies are a group of diseases characterized by abnormal ion channel function due to genetic mutations in ion channel genes, providing increased susceptibility to develop cardiac arrhythmias and SD. Usually the death occurs before 40 years of age and in the autopsy the heart is normal. In this review we discuss the main cardiac channelopathies involved in sudden cardiac death along with current management of cases and family members that have experienced such tragic event.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Death, Sudden, Cardiac Limits: Humans Language: Es Journal: Arch Cardiol Mex Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: Mexico

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Death, Sudden, Cardiac Limits: Humans Language: Es Journal: Arch Cardiol Mex Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: Mexico