Hernández BSA, Andino FJC

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To the Editor:

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and it accounts for half of all deaths of cardiovascular origin; it is also a multifactorial problem that is expected to raise in coming years as a result of the coronary disease’s increase, which is an important challenge for modern cardiology.
Its definition has been the subject of controversy and it has caused difficulties in its registration, which has led to the absence of comparable epidemiological data among different populations.
The SCD is defined as a natural unexpected death, rapidly evolved –because it does not respond to violent causes– and generally, with no previous symptoms; if there were any, minutes past (less than sixty) before death takes place1, and in which –even, with knowledge of a preexisting cardiac disease– the way it appears is unexpected.