Medisur (Oct 2018)

Cardiovascular sudden death and its progression between cross-disciplinarity and cross-sectorial approach

  • Luis A. Ochoa Montes,
  • Rafael E. Araujo González,
  • Daisy Ferrer Marrero

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 5
pp. 631 – 639

Abstract

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Due to its high incidence, the dramatics which accompanies its presentation and because it is an important cause of potentially lost years of life, sudden death represents a challenge at present. The complexity of its physio-pathologic elements, and the diversity of the population groups in which it takes place demand a cross-discipline study. It is necessary to abandon positions and trends which center cardiovascular sudden death in a single medical specialty, mainly with regards to its causes, since it is an entity which requires an integrated vision from the different specialties and levels of attention.

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