每年西德发生的心脏病性猝死约7万人,而在美国为40—60万人。这成为当前的一大难题。另外较为年青的心脏病性猝死者亦有所增多,在美国每年发生心脏病猝死者,年龄在65岁以下的即约为1万人。室性心律失常对于心脏病猝死有密切的联系,为进一步探讨室性心律失常与心脏病猝死的关系,作者进行了以下研究。 About 70,000 sudden cardiac deaths occur in West Germany each year, compared to 40 to 60 million in the United States. This has become a major problem at present. In addition, the number of youngest people suffering from sudden cardiac death has also increased. In the United States, annual death from heart attack is about 1 million people under the age of 65. Ventricular arrhythmias are closely related to sudden cardiac death. To further explore the relationship between ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, the authors conducted the following studies.