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Causes and characteristics of unexpected sudden cardiac death in octogenarians/nonagenarians

INTRODUCTION: The risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) increases with ageing. METHODS: We evaluated causes and characteristics of unexpected SCD in SCD victims aged ≥ 80 years in a consecutive series of 5,869 SCD victims in Northern Finland. All the victims underwent medico-legal autopsy as medico-le...

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Autores principales: Puolitaival, Elisa, Vähätalo, Juha, Holmström, Lauri, Haukilahti, M. Anette E., Pakanen, Lasse, Ukkola, Olavi H., Junttila, M. Juhani, Huikuri, Heikki V., Perkiömäki, Juha S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10118134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37079646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284515