猝死是临床上一种严重而紧急的情况,近十多年来已引起医学界越来越多的注意。在工业发达的国家,猝死是死亡的主要原因之一,以美国为例,据估计每天约1,200人猝死,男性发生率比女性大3～4倍,常发生在20～60年龄组之间。国内尚无完整的统计资料。关于猝死的原因很多,其中以心性猝死最为多见,欧美资料统计,心性猝死占44.9～66.3％;我国江氏报告72例猝死尸检材料中,心性猝死占71％。关于猝死的定义,国内于1982年8月间,华北、东北八省、市、自治区在吉林市召开 Sudden death is a serious and emergency clinical situation, which has drawn more and more attention from the medical community in the recent ten years. In industrialized countries, sudden death is one of the major causes of death. In the United States, for example, it is estimated that about 1,200 sudden deaths occur daily, with males 3-4 times more likely than females and often between 20 and 60 years of age. There is no complete statistics in China. About sudden death for many reasons, of which the most common sudden cardiac death, Europe and the United States statistics, sudden cardiac death accounted for 44.9 ~ 66.3%; China Jiang reported 72 cases of sudden death autopsy material, sudden cardiac death accounted for 71%. On the definition of sudden death, domestic in August 1982, North China, northeast provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions held in Jilin City