Table 1.

 Causes of sudden cardiac death

• Coronary artery disease

• Ischaemic cardiomyopathy

• Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy

• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

• Sarcoidosis

• Amyloidosis

• Myocarditis

• Valvar heart disease

• Congenital heart disease

• Cardiac tumours

• Long QT syndrome

• Brugada syndrome

• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

• Electrolyte abnormalities

• Thyrotoxicosis

• Proarrhythmia from antiarrhythmic agents

• Cocaine