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sudden cardiac death

Broader Terms:

heart arrest

Related Terms:

arrhythmia

Related Terms:

long QT syndrome

Scope Note:

unexpected natural death due to cardiac causes that occur rapidly after the onset of acute symptoms in a patient with diagnosed or undiagnosed preexisting heart disease, in whom cardiac dysfunction produces abrupt loss of cerebral blood flow.

Term Number:

1393-3732


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