@article{ref1,
title="Sudden cardiac death in the young: a consensus statement on recommended practices for cardiac examination by the pathologist from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology",
journal="Cardiovascular pathology",
year="2022",
author="Kelly, Karen L. and Lin, Peter T. and Basso, Cristina and Bois, Melanie and Buja, L. Maximilian and Cohle, Stephen D. and d'Amati, Giulia and Duncanson, Emily and Fallon, John T. and Firchau, Dennis and Fishbein, Gregory and Giordano, Carla and Leduc, Charles and Litovsky, Silvio H. and Mackey-Bojack, Shannon and Maleszewski, Joseph J. and Michaud, Katarzyna and Padera, Robert F. and Papadodima, Stavroula A. and Parsons, Sarah and Radio, Stanley J. and Rizzo, Stefania and Roe, Susan J. and Romero, Maria and Sheppard, Mary N. and Stone, James R. and Tan, Carmela D. and Thiene, Gaetano and van der Wal, Allard C. and Veinot, John P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Sudden cardiac death is, by definition, an unexpected, untimely death caused by a cardiac condition in a person with known or unknown heart disease. This major international public health problem accounts for approximately 15-20% of all deaths. Typically more common in older adults with acquired heart disease, SCD also can occur in the young where the cause is more likely to be a genetically transmitted process. As these inherited disease processes can affect multiple family members, it is critical that these deaths are appropriately and thoroughly investigated. Across the United States, SCD cases in those less than 40 years of age will often fall under medical examiner/coroner jurisdiction resulting in scene investigation, review of available medical records and a complete autopsy including toxicological and histological studies. To date, there have not been consistent or uniform guidelines for cardiac examination in these cases. In addition, many medical examiner/coroner offices are understaffed and/or underfunded, both of which may hamper specialized examinations or studies (eg. molecular testing). Use of such guidelines by pathologists in cases of SCD in decedents aged 1 to 39 years of age could result in life-saving medical intervention for other family members. These recommendations also may provide support for underfunded offices to argue for the significance of this specialized testing. As cardiac examinations in the setting of SCD in the young fall under ME/C jurisdiction, this consensus paper has been developed with members of the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology working with cardiovascular pathology-trained, practicing forensic pathologists.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-8807",
doi="10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107497",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107497"
}