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Current burden of sudden cardiac death: Multiple source surveillance versus retrospective death certificate-based review in a large U.S. community

Sumeet S. Chugh, MD, FACC^*,*, Jonathan Jui, MD^*, Karen Gunson, MD^*, Eric C. Stecker, MD^*, Benjamin T. John, MD^*, Barbara Thompson, BSN, JD^*, Nasreen Ilias, BS^*, Catherine Vickers, RN^*, Vivek Dogra, MD^*, Mohamud Daya, MD^*, Jack Kron, MD, FACC^*, Zhi-Jie Zheng, MD, PhD, George Mensah, MD, FACC and John McAnulty, MD, FACC^*

^* Heart Rhythm Research Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

View larger version (30K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Details of case ascertainment and prospective identification of sudden cardiac death (SCD) cases. *353 total SCD cases in Multnomah County. 237 total attempted resuscitations.

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Age-based annual incidence of sudden cardiac death among residents of Multnomah County, Oregon (population 660,486).

View larger version (28K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Gender- and age-based composition of prospectively determined sudden cardiac death cohort.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Outcome of attempted resuscitations. A modified Utstein-style template has been used for witnessed arrests. ER = emergency room; PEA = pulseless electrical activity; VF = ventricular fibrillation; VT = ventricular tachycardia.