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[The physiopathological aspects of sudden cardiac death]
L Marra1, E Bevilacqua, G Carella
1Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore di Roma.
La Clinica Terapeutica
|May 1, 1996
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Sudden cardiac death involves more than just heart rhythm issues and coronary artery disease. Various other conditions, including myocardiopathies and congenital defects, also contribute to this critical event.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Pathophysiology
Abstract:
In this paper we have tried to clarify the pathophysiological aspects of sudden cardiac death. On a clinical basis, beside the arrhythmias and the coronaropathies, the other functional and/or organic alterations such as myocardiopathies, congenital malformations, myocarditis, primitive or secondary neoplasms and neurophysiological alterations are described as cause of sudden cardiac death.