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Edited by Alessandro Capucci. 182 pp., illustrated. Abingdon, England, Informa Healthcare, 2007. $129.95. ISBN 978-1-84184-578-4.

Sudden death from cardiac causes accounts for nearly 20% of all deaths in developed countries. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 456,076 sudden deaths from cardiac causes occurred in the United States in 1998, two thirds of which were related to ischemic heart disease. Indeed, sudden death is the manner of death in more than 50% of patients with coronary artery disease. In nearly 200 pages, which are divided into 11 chapters and include hundreds of references, Sudden Cardiac Death covers the major aspects of sudden death from cardiac causes: epidemiology, mechanisms, possible means of prevention, pharmacologic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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