Table 1

 Causes of sudden cardiac death

• Coronary artery disease
• Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
• Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
• Sarcoidosis
• Amyloidosis
• Myocarditis
• Valvar heart disease
• Congenital heart disease
• Cardiac tumours
• Long QT syndrome
• Brugada syndrome
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Electrolyte abnormalities
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Proarrhythmia from antiarrhythmic agents
• Cocaine