Author/Authors :
Fox، نويسنده , , Caroline S. and Evans، نويسنده , , Jane C. and Larson، نويسنده , , Martin G. and Lloyd-Jones، نويسنده , , Donald M. and OʹDonnell، نويسنده , , Christopher J. and Sorlie، نويسنده , , Paul D. and Manolio، نويسنده , , Teri A. and Kannel، نويسنده , , William B. and Levy، نويسنده , , Daniel، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The number of deaths due to out-of-hospital coronary heart disease as determined by death certificates was compared with the number physician-adjudicated sudden cardiac deaths in the Framingham Heart Study from 1950 to 1999. Out-of-hospital coronary heart disease deaths overestimated sudden cardiac death by 47%, suggesting that out-of-hospital coronary heart disease death rates derived from death certificates should be interpreted with caution.
