The phrase "as the initial event" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the first occurrence in a sequence of events or actions.
Example: "The study began with a survey as the initial event to gather data from participants."
Alternatives: "as the first occurrence" or "as the primary event".
Of the 129 cases, 113 had a MI as the initial event, and for the other 16 the initial event was sudden death.
It also reduces the ability of the European Union to add sanctions to a particular program as the initial event that created consensus and triggered sanctions fades in time.
At 7 years, the cumulative event rate was 47%18%8% for nonfatal infarction as the initial event and 29% for death as the initial event).
During the evaluation, shown in Fig. 6, we conduct "N − 1" test of the system, and all lines are tripped one by one as the initial event.
The videos supported anterior-posterior vitreofoveal traction as the initial event in macular hole formation.
In the process of progression to type 2 diabetes, IR often takes place as the initial event.
By default, subsequent events incurred the same utility decrement as in the initial event.
Our findings identify the androgen-induced AR/FlnA/integrin beta 1 complex as being the initial event triggering cell motility.
Recently, choriocapillaris inflammation and secondary ischemia have been proposed as the initial events in WDS.
In axonal degeneration, calcium influx and subsequent calpain activation have been implicated as the initial events on top of a multifactorial molecular cascade leading to the fragmentation of the axon.
Using a matched-cohort design, healthcare utilisation data for 1829 NHL patients receiving CHOP-14 or CHOP-21 chemotherapy in European and Australian clinical practice, and UK-specific unit costs, we estimated the total economic impact of FN including care for the initial event as well as downstream FN-related care.
