HIGH FREQUENCY OF HYPERTENSIVE INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AS A CAUSE OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN ASIAN POPULATION

Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is one of the most common non-cardiac causes of sudden unexpected death (SUD). In western population, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is the most common etiology (51.3%) of ICH followed by hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) (18.8%). However, the frequency of SAH