Men at Higher Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  November 16, 2009

EXCERPT: "Middle-aged men are about three times more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death than women, researchers found."   more

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Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Jarett D Berry, Hongyan Ning, Xuan Cai, and Jeffrey J Goldberger. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUDDEN DEATH: Abstract 969: Lifetime Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death at Selected Index Ages and by Risk Factor Strata and Race: Cardiovascular Lifetime Risk Pooling Project. Circulation, Nov 2009; 120: S416 - S417.