Table 1

Patient demographics, circumstances of SCD, relevant medical history, location and timing of infarction

Case	Sex	Age (years)	Circumstances of SCD	Medical history	LVH^‡	Location of acute infarct LV wall^*	Timing of infarct
1	M	44	Sitting/home	Heroin use, alcoholism and hepatitis C positive	0	Anterior, lateral, posterior	1–6 weeks
2	F	16	Home	Pregnancy, family history of HHT	0	Anterior, lateral, septal	24–48 h
3	F	42	Post-exertion (community)	On contraceptive pill. BMI 23.5	0	Antero and posteroseptal	1–6 weeks + lateroseptal fibrosis
4	M	58	N/A	Asthma and emphysema	1 (septal)	Anterolateral	24–48 h
5	M	32	Bed/home	Chest pain. BMI 27.0	1 (septal)	Anteroseptal	Fibrosis
6	M	37	N/A	Heroin use, on detoxification and chlorpromazine. Hepatitis C+. BMI 20.2. Toxicology positive for morphine.	0	Anteroseptal	24–48 h
7	M	45	Home	Alcohol and cannabis use, chest pain	1	Anteroseptal	1–6 weeks
8	F	35	Home	Alcoholism, ischaemic ECG and chest pain, toxicology positive for cocaine, BMI 20.7	0	Anteroseptal	24–48 h
9	F	39	N/A	N/A	0	Anteroseptal	24–48 h
10	F	49	Hospital	Hypertension, asthma, phaeochromocytoma^†	0	Anteroseptal	24-48 h + LV fibrosis
11	M	17	Post-exertion (bed/home)	Dyspnoea and chest pain	1	Circumferential	24–48 h + posterior LV fibrosis
12	F	16	Bed/home	Consumption of alcohol before death	0	Lateral	24–48 h
13	M	38	Sitting/home	Gout. BMI 23.0	0	Posterior	Fibrosis
14	F	26	Bed/home	On contraceptive pill	0	Posterobasal	24–48 h + posterior LV fibrosis
15	M	14	Community	Epilepsy, consumption of cannabis before death, BMI 20.0	0	Posterolateral	24–48 h
16	M	32	Bed/home	Epilepsy, BMI 21.5	0	Posteroseptal	fibrosis
17	F	25	Bed/home	Palpitations, consumption of alcohol before death. Toxicology positive for alcohol	0	Subendocardial, inc. papillary muscle	1–6 weeks + papillary muscle fibrosis
18	F	36	Home	Bronchitis, chest pain	0	Subendocardial RV (and LV)	24–48 h
19	M	41	Community	Smoker	1	Subendocardial	1–6 weeks

↵* Unless otherwise specified.
↵† Diagnosed at autopsy.
↵‡ Left ventricular hypertrophy was mild (16-18 mm).
BMI, body mass index; HHT, hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; HTN, hypertension; LV, left ventricle(ular); N/A, not available; RV, right ventricle; SCD, sudden cardiac death.