REgiStry in Chinese yoUng pEople With Sudden Cardiac Death

The number of sudden cardiac death is up to 540,000 every year in China. Inherited cardiovascular disease is a common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people, and diseases often have the characteristics of family aggregation, so it has a huge psychological and economic burden on family members. Studying the etiology of sudden cardiac death from the molecular level under the model of precision medicine is helpful for screening patients and their relatives so as to further diagnosis, treatment and management, which has important clinical and social significance.

Inclusion Criteria:Patients with sudden cardiac death and sudden unexplained death diagnosed according current practice guidelines.Patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death. (1) Family history of sudden cardiac death at a young age; （2）Successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest; （3) Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation after a comprehensive clinical assessment of high risk of sudden cardiac death.Exclusion Criteria:Patients who refuse to sign the informed consent or decline follow-up.Patients with sudden death due to car accidents, electric shocks, drowning, fighting, carbon monoxide poisoning and other external causes.Patients with sudden death due to other definite causes, such as cerebrovascular accident, severe kidney disease, respiratory disease, neurological disease, etc.