Rate and Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccination

Circulation. 2023 Dec 19;148(25):2069-2071. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066270. Epub 2023 Dec 18.

Authors

Monica De Gaspari¹, Ugo Fedeli², Mario Saia³, Elisa Carturan¹, Kalliopi Pilichou¹, Domenico Corrado¹, Gaetano Thiene¹, Stefania Rizzo¹, Cristina Basso

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua - Azienda Ospedaliera, Padova, Italy (M.D.G., E.C., K.P., D.C., G.T., S.R.).
² Epidemiological Department, Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Italy (U.F.).
³ Clinical Governance Unit, Azienda Zero, Veneto Region, Italy (M.S.).

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; etiology; sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Autopsy
COVID-19* / complications
Cause of Death
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Humans
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Vaccination / adverse effects