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    Sudden cardiac death after alcohol intake: classification and autopsy findings

    Alcohol is known to have an immediate effect on cardiac rhythm, and previous studies have found that a notable proportion of sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) occur after alcohol intake. The objective of the present...

    Lauri Holmström, Janna Kauppila, Juha Vähätalo, Lasse Pakanen in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Genetic contributions to the expression of acquired causes of cardiac hypertrophy in non-ischemic sudden cardiac death victims

    The contribution of genetic variants to non-ischemic sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to acquired myocardial diseases is unclear. We studied whether SCD victims with hypertension/obesity related hypertrophic myo...

    Lauri Holmström, Katri Pylkäs, Anna Tervasmäki, Juha Vähätalo in Scientific Reports (2021)