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Question 1

Why do drugs make up 20% of cost for CHD?

Answer 1

Once you start taking drugs for CHD, you don’t stop

Question 2

What percentage of IHD deaths are sudden?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

What fraction of sudden deaths occur in low risk individuals? General population risk? Familial trait?

Answer 3

• 2/3rds
• 0.1 - 0.2% - not very frequent
• Familial trait identified with sudden death as first manifestation of IHD - association between long QT interval and sudden cardiac death

Question 4

Do we really have to know this BS

Answer 4

T_T