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Sudden death is, according to our present knowledge, most frequent in industrial countries of North America and Europe. The majority of victims have significant coronary heart disease(1, 2, 3, 4);however, acute myocardial infarction, or acute thrombosis, are found at autopsy in only a small percentage of the cases (3).
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Pisa, Z. (1980). Sudden Death: A Worldwide Problem. In: Kulbertus, H.E., Wellens, H.J.J. (eds) Sudden Death. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8834-7_1
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