Research Article: A New Inherited Syndrome Causing Sudden Cardiac Death with Distinct ST-Segment Depression and Ankyrin--Mutation
Introduction:
Sudden death of a young person is a tragic event. The incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) ranges from to per . inhabitants annually and increases with age. For younger individuals under the age of years, the incidence of sudden cardiac death has been described as lower, between . and . per . person-years. In about % of cases the cause is cardiac. In individuals under the age of years sudden arrhythmic death is the most frequent cause. In younger persons, genetically determined cardiac diseases (eg,…
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