Natural and Undetermined Sudden Death: Value of Post-Mortem Genetic Investigation.

Sudden unexplained death may be the first manifestation of an unknown inherited cardiac disease. Current genetic technologies may enable the unraveling of an etiology and the identification of relatives at risk. The aim of our study was to define the etiology of natural deaths, younger than 50 years...

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Main Authors: Olallo Sanchez, Oscar Campuzano, Anna Fernández-Falgueras, Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Sergi Cesar, Irene Mademont, Jesus Mates, Alexandra Pérez-Serra, Monica Coll, Ferran Pico, Anna Iglesias, Coloma Tirón, Catarina Allegue, Esther Carro, María Ángeles Gallego, Carles Ferrer-Costa, Anna Hospital, Narcís Bardalet, Juan Carlos Borondo, Albert Vingut, Elena Arbelo, Josep Brugada, Josep Castellà, Jordi Medallo, Ramon Brugada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5145162?pdf=render