Table 2

Age and gender distribution and symptom documentation for each cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD)

Cause of SCDNumber of casesMean age (years)Male: female distributionCardiac symptoms noted immediately before deathCardiac symptoms noted in past medical historyCardiac symptoms noted immediately before death and in past medical history
Anomalous coronary arteries242819:5151
Acute dissection of coronary artery8403:5030
Coronary artery vasculitis6423:3410
Coronary artery spasm6383:3110
Idiopathic arterial calcification of infancy340:3030
Fibromuscular dysplasia2212:0011
Benign lipoma of coronary artery1521:0000