The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in industrialized countries is rapidly increasing, and diabetes is suspected to carry a particular high risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Service de Cardiologie, Université Paris-5, Faculté René Descartes, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. xavier.jouven@egp.ap-hop-paris.fr