Specific characteristics of sudden death in a mediterranean Spanish population.
2011, Am J Cardiol. 2011 Feb 15;107(4):622-7. Epub 2010 Dec 22.
Subirana MT, Juan-Babot JO, Puig T, Lucena J, Rico A, Salguero M, Borondo JC, Ordóñez J, Arimany J, Vázquez R, Badimon L, Thiene G, de Luna AB.
Autores del centro relacionados: Badimon Lina, Juan Oriol.
Subirana MT, Juan-Babot JO, Puig T, Lucena J, Rico A, Salguero M, Borondo JC, Ordóñez J, Arimany J, Vázquez R, Badimon L, Thiene G, de Luna AB.
Autores del centro relacionados: Badimon Lina, Juan Oriol.
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Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]
Abstract
Most of the data reported on sudden cardiac death has been from studies of Anglo-Saxon patients. We conducted a study to ascertain the relation between sudden death (SD) and some epidemiologic, clinical, and biochemical parameters and to assess the coronary histopathologic aspects of subjects in a Spanish population who had died suddenly. A total of 204 subjects (86% men), aged 12 to 80 years (mean 54 ± 15), who had died from out-of-hospital natural SD were evaluated. Only 15% of subjects had been previously diagnosed with heart disease. Pathologic evidence of underlying cardiovascular disease was found in 90% of cases, with coronary heart disease (CHD) the most frequent (58%). The CHD was acute coronary thrombosis in 41% and a stable plaque with luminal narrowing of ≥75% in 59%. An old myocardial infarction was found in 31% of the SD victims. Cardiac hypertrophy was found in 48%, with no relation between the presence of cardiac hypertrophy and CHD. Patients with stable plaques had a greater heart weight than did those with acute coronary thrombosis (p = 0.02). Male gender, older age, smoking, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio of ≥3 were associated with CHD. A greater percentage of patients with an eroded and/or ruptured plaque than patients with a stable plaque were smokers. Only smoking and a low-density lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio of ≥3 were associated with an eroded and/or ruptured plaque. In conclusion, compared with the findings from studies of Anglo-Saxon patients, a lower incidence of CHD and acute coronary thrombosis and a greater incidence of cardiac hypertrophy were found in SD victims of a Mediterranean Spanish population.
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]
Abstract
Most of the data reported on sudden cardiac death has been from studies of Anglo-Saxon patients. We conducted a study to ascertain the relation between sudden death (SD) and some epidemiologic, clinical, and biochemical parameters and to assess the coronary histopathologic aspects of subjects in a Spanish population who had died suddenly. A total of 204 subjects (86% men), aged 12 to 80 years (mean 54 ± 15), who had died from out-of-hospital natural SD were evaluated. Only 15% of subjects had been previously diagnosed with heart disease. Pathologic evidence of underlying cardiovascular disease was found in 90% of cases, with coronary heart disease (CHD) the most frequent (58%). The CHD was acute coronary thrombosis in 41% and a stable plaque with luminal narrowing of ≥75% in 59%. An old myocardial infarction was found in 31% of the SD victims. Cardiac hypertrophy was found in 48%, with no relation between the presence of cardiac hypertrophy and CHD. Patients with stable plaques had a greater heart weight than did those with acute coronary thrombosis (p = 0.02). Male gender, older age, smoking, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio of ≥3 were associated with CHD. A greater percentage of patients with an eroded and/or ruptured plaque than patients with a stable plaque were smokers. Only smoking and a low-density lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio of ≥3 were associated with an eroded and/or ruptured plaque. In conclusion, compared with the findings from studies of Anglo-Saxon patients, a lower incidence of CHD and acute coronary thrombosis and a greater incidence of cardiac hypertrophy were found in SD victims of a Mediterranean Spanish population.
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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