SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN THE YOUNG: A 120 AUTOPSY CASES RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN CENTER TUNISIA

Abstract

We propose to study the epidemiological and etiological peculiarities of sudden cardiac death in young adults in the region of Sousse in Tunisia.
A total of 120 cases were collected, 92 men (76.5%) against 28 women (23.5%). The most common cause of death was cardiac rhythm disorders with 30% of cases. Ischemic Heart disease was in second place with 14.1% of cases.
It emerges from this study that the victim is often a 27-year-old male, in good apparent health, deceased in the aftermath a physical effort and whose etiological assessment concluded to a primary cardiac arrhythmia.