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Retrospective Analysis of Sudden Cardiac Deaths in a 10-Year Autopsy Series in the City of Isparta in Turkey

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dc.creator cayli, Erdinc
dc.creator YAĞCI, Fatma Esen
dc.creator BAYDAR, Çetin Lütfi
dc.creator YILDIZ, Abdulkadir
dc.creator GÜRPINAR, Süleyman Serhat
dc.date 2020-11-30T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2021-01-21T09:04:47Z
dc.date.available 2021-01-21T09:04:47Z
dc.identifier c2969720-ae0c-42fa-94aa-243338fa8f7f
dc.identifier 10.1097/paf.0000000000000593
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/c2969720-ae0c-42fa-94aa-243338fa8f7f/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/86798
dc.description Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an important public health problem that accounts for approximately 15% to 20% of global deaths. Our retrospective study aimed to analyze etiological distribution and epidemiological data of 128 cases with SCD as death cause based on autopsies between 2010 and 2019. The mean age of SCD cases was 57.09, with the highest incidence in older than 60 years (43.8%). Male/female ratio was 4.5:1, peaking with 9.2:1 in the 41- to 60-year age group. Deaths occurred mostly at home (41.4%). Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD) was main SCD cause (65.6%) with cardiac tamponade (10.9%), unexplained SCD (8.6%), and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (7.8%) after it. A total of 71.2% of CAD cases had coronary artery stenosis of greater than 75% and 92.9% had atherosclerotic degeneration in the left anterior descending artery. Based on the body mass index-based normal heart weights table, 91.7% of CAD cases had cardiomegaly. This study showed CAD, cardiomegaly, and high body mass index concurrence as a very important SCD risk. Because SCD incidence increases in older than 40 years, determining risk groups through regular medical examinations and inspections, older than 30 years would provide implementation of preventive measures. Some cardiac diseases causing sudden death are undetectable despite detailed autopsy and histopathological examinations. Including postmortem cardiogenetic analysis among routine techniques in sudden deaths would lower sudden unexplained death diagnosis rates.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Retrospective Analysis of Sudden Cardiac Deaths in a 10-Year Autopsy Series in the City of Isparta in Turkey
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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