心脏性猝死系指由于心脏原因导致的突然死亡。病人已知或不知有心脏病,多数认为于症状发作后即刻或一小时内死亡,亦有将6小时内死亡者归入猝死范畴。死亡方式和时间不可预测,大多数病人于猝死前无症状。缺血性心脏病是心脏性猝死最常见的原因。Spain的368例猝死中,冠状动脉粥样硬化占61％。此外,几乎所有的心血管病都可导致猝死,其中较多见的是心肌病、主动脉瓣 Sudden death from sudden cardiac death due to cardiac causes. Patients known or not known to have heart disease, most believe that the immediate or one hour after the onset of symptoms of death, but also within 6 hours of death were classified as sudden death. The way and time of death are unpredictable, and most patients are asymptomatic before their sudden death. Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death. In 368 sudden deaths in Spain, coronary atherosclerosis accounted for 61%. In addition, almost all cardiovascular disease can lead to sudden death, more common are cardiomyopathy, aortic valve