Sancho JJ, Abellán PY, Soler LJL, Molina AP, Ortiz CJM

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Sudden cardiac death is defined as the natural death due to cardiac causes occurring suddenly and unexpectedly in an individual with underlying heart disease, known or not, within one hour of the onset of symptoms1 . Within this, sudden infant death stands out, which is classified into three groups: deaths of explained cause, unexplained death and sudden infant death syndrome (categories I and II of San Diego). The latter is defined as the sudden and unexplained death of a child younger than one-yearold, which apparently occurs during sleep and remains unexplained after a thorough post-mortem investigation, including performance of autopsy, examination of the death scene and review of the medical record.