“Despite advances in prevention and treatment, sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains
a leading cause of mortality and is responsible for approximately half of all deaths
from cardiovascular disease”, state Wong et al. [
[1]
]. Their epidemiological review opens this Special Issue, in which we learn that SCD
is responsible for 15–20% of all deaths in Western societies [
1
,
2
]. Sudden cardiac death is strongly associated with, and may be preceded by, various
forms of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) which are themselves a common and widespread
cause of the overall morbidity and mortality related to heart rhythm disturbances
[
[3]
]. Given the significant, rapid evolution in our current state of knowledge in these
fields, this entire Special Issue of Heart, Lung and Circulation is dedicated to SCD and VA.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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