American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52, January 2009

Trends from 1987 to 2004 in sudden death due to coronary heart disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

  • Hanyu Ni, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hanyu Ni, PhD, Rockledge II, Room 10186, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
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  • Sean Coady, MA

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Wayne Rosamond, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Aaron R. Folsom, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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  • Lloyd Chambless, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Stuart D. Russell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Paul D. Sorlie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Received 1 April 2008; accepted 16 August 2008. published online 28 October 2008.

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 The ARIC study is carried out as a collaborative study supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022. The authors thank the staff and participants of the ARIC study for their important contributions.

PII: S0002-8703(08)00731-X

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.08.016

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 46-52, January 2009