Sudden Cardiac Death From the Perspective of Coronary Artery Disease Sara, Jaskanwal D. et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings , Volume 89 , Issue 12 , 1685 – 1698 SCD = Sudden Cardiac Death The incidence of SCD ranges from 0.36 to 1.28 per 1000 persons per year, with approximately 400,000 deaths annually in the United States alone 400,000 Sudden Cardiac Deaths Yearly 80% (320,000) due to Coronary Artery Disease, most had no documented history of CAD. Although evidence of CAD is dete