心脏猝死是当前一个严重的世界性公共卫生问题。美国每年约有一百万心脏性死亡,其中一半为猝死,亦即每分钟有1例心脏猝死发生。60年代初期没置冠心病监护病室以来发现,心脏猝死与心律失常特别恶性心律失常有密切相关关系。这一发现促成了对心律失常的广泛深入研究,从而在生理机理、检测手段、临床监护、治疗方法等各个方面,取得了重大进展。 Sudden death from the heart is a serious worldwide public health problem. Every year in the United States, there are about one million cardiac deaths, of which half are sudden death, that is, 1 case of sudden cardiac death occurs every minute. Since the early 1960s no coronary care unit has been found since the sudden cardiac death and arrhythmia particularly malignant arrhythmias are closely related. This finding has led to extensive and in-depth research on cardiac arrhythmias, and significant advances have been made in various aspects of physiology, testing tools, clinical monitoring, and treatment.