Sudden cardiac death

查看全文 作　　者：Joaquín [1]S.Lucena 机构地区：[1]Forensic Pathology Service,Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences,Seville,Spain President of the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology(AECVP) 出　　处：《Forensic Sciences Research》索引2019年第4卷第3期,共3页 摘　　要：Cardiovascular disease represents the main cause of death in developed countries.Cardiovascular disease frequently may account for premature fatal outcomes,even in the apparently healthy young, appearing in the form of sudden and unexpected death [1]. Sudden death (SD) is defined according to commonly accepted criteria in witnessed cases as follows.SD is a natural death that occurs within 6h of the beginning of symptoms in an apparently healthy subject or in one whose disease is not so severe that a fatal outcome would be expected [2].In cases of unwitnessed death, which is a common situation in forensic practice, this definition requires that the deceased was last seen alive and functioning normally 24 h before being found dead [3]. 关 键 词：DEATH CARDIAC witnessed