Table 1

Causes of sudden deaths attributed to previous diagnoses

Epilepsy	49 (34%)
Asthma	30 (21%)
Cerebral palsy	19 (13%)
Cardiovascular	33 (23%)
Pulmonary atresia	7
Transposition of great arteries	6^1-150
Pulmonary vascular disease	5^1-151
Dilated cardiomyopathy	4
Aortic valve stenosis	2
Tetralogy of Fallot	2^1-150
Congenital atrioventricular block	2^1-151
Congenital long QT syndrome	1
Other	4
Miscellaneous^1-152	11 (8%)
Total	142 (100%)

↵1-150 Postoperative.
↵1-151 With congenital heart disease.
↵1-152 Miscellaneous causes of death were obstructed tracheostomy (2), pulmonary embolism (2), hydrocephalus (3), chronic renal failure (1), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (1), lupus myocarditis (1), and diabetes mellitus (1).