Causes of sudden death (n = 34)
No. | |
Cardiac | 10 |
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy | 3 |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | 2 |
Dilated cardiomyopathy | 1 |
Myocarditis | 1 |
Anomalous origin of coronary artery | 1 |
Tetralogy of Fallot | 1 |
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome | 1 |
Extracardiac | 13 |
Pulmonary | |
Unexpected sudden death in asthmatic | 3 |
Confluent bronchopneumonia | 1 |
Acute laryngitis | 1 |
Lung haemorrhage related to neurofibromatosis | 1 |
Neurological | |
Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 2 |
Intracerebral haemorrhage | 1 |
Unexplained sudden death in epileptic | 1 |
Arnold–Chiari malformation | 1 |
Others | |
Diabetic coma | 1 |
Fulminant meningococcaemia | 1 |
Unexplained | 11 |