The mechanism responsible for the majority of sudden cardiac deaths is ventricular fibrillation.
Structural changes in the diseased heart as a result of inherited factors (mutations in ion-channel coding genes for example) cannot explain the suddenness of SCD.
Also, sudden cardiac death could be the consequence of electric-mechanical disjunction and bradyarrhythmias.
The mechanism responsible for the majority of sudden cardiac deaths is ventricular fibrillation. Structural changes in the diseased heart as a result of inherited factors (mutations in ion-channel coding genes for example) cannot explain the suddenness of SCD. Also, sudden cardiac death could be the consequence of electric-mechanical disjunction and bradyarrhythmias.
Cardiac arrest