1.   Firstly, cardiac death would be reduced but not death due to stroke.

2.   Fourthly, neither death due to stroke nor cardiac death would be reduced.

3.   For patients with idiopathic LQTS who do not have syncope, complex ventricular arrhythmias, or a family history of sudden cardiac death, no therapy is required.

4.   Sudden cardiac death is an important public health issue in the industrialised world.

5.   The long-term epidemiological risk factors for sudden cardiac death greatly resemble those for coronary artery disease.

6.   An autopsy concluded that he died of sudden cardiac death and aspiration of gastric contents.

7.   Armed with reports of cardiac deaths of three young children taking Propulsid, regulators suggested that Janssen test the drug in children or provide a stronger warning label.

8.   Bardy treated patients at risk for sudden cardiac death with a device known as an implantable cardiac pacemaker-defibrillator.

9.   A study last month from Amsterdam found that depression substantially increases the risk of cardiac death.