%0 Journal Article %T Muerte s¨²bita card¨ªaca. Comportamiento en las ¨¢reas de salud municipio Arroyo Naranjo. Ciudad de la Habana 2000-2004 %A Ochoa Montes %A Luis Alberto %A Gonz¨¢lez Lugo %A Mileidys %A Tamayo Vicente %A Nidia D %A Romero del Sol %A Juana M %A Vilches Izquierdo %A Ernesto %A Migu¨¦lez Nodarse %A Ram¨®n %A Fern¨¢ndez-Britto Rodr¨ªguez %A Jos¨¦ E %J Revista Habanera de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas %D 2012 %I Ministerio de Salud Publica %X scientific problem: how has the sudden cardiac death behaved on the clinical-pathological bases in arroyo naranjo communities, in havana city during the period 2000-2004?objective:to describe the sudden cardiac death behavior in the arroyo naranjo communities, in havana city during the period 2000-2004. material and method: an epidemiologic study was carried out in a population of 210000 inhabitant in the health areas of the arroyo naranjo municipality (juli¨¢n grimau, el¨¦ctrico, p¨¢rraga, mantilla, capri, los pinos y managua), followed for 5 years. the cuban group for the sudden cardiac death study (gemsc), the research and reference center for aterosclerosis from havana (cirah) and the medical sciences faculty "julio trigo l¨®pez" took part. the sucades i study (sudden cardiac death study) included 5098 dead of natural causes, to which the criteria of sudden cardiac death (msc) from the world health organization (oms) were applied. results:the 9.3 % of the deaths studied happened in a sudden way. the 50.6 % of the events occurred in the male sex, in ages between 60-74 years old. p¨¢rraga was the most affected area (23.4 %).the victim's house was the place where the 35.0% of the events happened. the acute myocardial infarct (ami) was corroborated in the 58.4 %. conclusions: sudden cardiac death was predominant in the male sex, in the group between 60-74 years old, in p¨¢rraga's health area, most frequently documented in the extra hospital media (victim's house). the acute myocardial infarct, the cardiac rhythm troubles and the left ventricular myocardial dysfunction constituted the main definitive diagnosis. %K muerte s¨²bita card¨ªaca %K incidence %K muerte s¨²bita card¨ªaca %K sex %K atheroclerosis %K incidente %K muerte s¨²bita card¨ªaca %K age %K health area %K cardiac arrest %K presentation places %K muerte s¨²bita card¨ªaca %K definitive diagnosis. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1729-519X2012000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en