Sudden Cardiac Death in Children Aged 0-17 Years: a Study of the Republic of Mordovia for 2007-2016

In the Republic of Mordovia 957 children died from various causes from 2007 to 2016, 120 of them died from cardiovascular diseases, of which sudden cardiac death occurred in 26 children. The causes of sudden cardiac death were severe birth defects and coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and thromboembolic complications, hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy, leading to acute heart failure and / or life-threatening arrhythmias.