Mayo Clinic Research Shows 35 Percent Of 49 Young People Who Died Suddenly And Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects

... In 49 young people who died suddenly and inexplicably at an average age of 14, conventional autopsies found no cause of death. But when Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a sophisticated form of postmortem genetic testing -- known as a molecular autopsy -- they found that more than one-third died due to potentially heritable genetic defects that impair the heart's rhythm center. [click link for full article] ...