Prevalence of Abnormal Heart Weight After Sudden Death in People Younger than 40 Years of Age

Prevalence of Abnormal Heart Weight After Sudden Death in People Younger than 40 Years of Age

Background After sudden cardiac death in people aged <40 years, heart weight is a surrogate for cardiomegaly and a marker for cardiomyopathy. However, thresholds for cardiomegaly based on heart weight have not been validated in a cohort of cases of sudden cardiac death in young people. Methods an...

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Main Authors: Zachary J. Schoppen, Lauren C. Balmert, Steven White, Rachael Olson, Ponni Arunkumar, Lisa M. Dellefave‐Castillo, Megan J. Puckelwartz, Alfred L. George, Elizabeth M. McNally, Gregory Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
autopsy
cardiac
cardiomegaly
pediatric
sudden death
young
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.015699

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