Chaple LM, Calderón MD

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Sudden death is probably the most important challenge in modern cardiology. Its incidence gradually increases with age, but significantly from 35-40 years, and is particularly high in the acute phase of acute myocardial infarction. It is also frequent in the chronic phase of this disease and in any cardiopathy. The term acute coronary syndrome refers to a range of sudden clinical symptoms due to compromised coronary circulation. Hence, the most frequent cause is an imbalance between oxygen supply and demand, secondary to vessel occlusion due to cholesterol plaque rupture between the intima and media layers3,4. In Ecuador, cardiovascular diseases currently rank first among mortality causes. The Ministry of Health reported that, in 2009, ischemic heart disease reached a mortality rate of 6.5 per 100 thousand inhabitants; by 2010, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (NISC) this rate amounted to 14.1 per 100 thousand inhabitants.