Abstract
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) occurs in males approximately 3-4 times more often than in women (in the annual incidence of cases) and increases with age. A higher incidence of cases was recorded in the winter months.
Large studies and empirical cases indicate that the most common etiology of SCD is severe cardiac arrhythmias (usually ventricular fibrillation). In Europe, it is estimated that around 2 500 people will be affected daily by a circular arrest.
Smoking increases the risk of SCD by almost 50%. Unfortunately, in 40-50% of all cases of SCD is a cardiac arrest without previous symptoms.
Valid statistical data of SCD of young people do not exist, even though the most frequent cause of this is the primary ventricular fibrillation of different etiology. From the available sources, about 30% of young people's SCD were found to have structural cardiac changes, about 30% failed to detect the cause, and the remaining deaths were attributable to genetic defects, a number of heart diseases, and a combination of genetic and organ damage of the heart.