Genomic Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest during sports.

Exercise can trigger an acute cardiac event which may precipitate sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). On the other hand, exercise is important for physical fitness and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and the medical community should therefore inform the general public of the health benefits of sports and exercise. At the same time, the public are exposed to alarmist mass media coverage of athlet...

Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death

Recent findings The primary purpose of the preparticipation examination is to detect the cardiovascular disorders known to cause sudden cardiac arrest in the athlete. Studies demonstrate that the traditional history and physicalbased examination has a limited sensitivity, does not detect the majority of athletes with at-risk conditions, and may provide false reassurance for athletes with disord...

Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest.

1692 CMAJ, October 18, 2011, 183(15) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Major advances have been made in understanding the causes of and treatments for cardiovascular disease, and mortality related to such disease has been reduced. However, the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest has remained almost un changed for decades, generally affecting younger people (mean age about 65 y...

Circumstances and causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in sudden death survivors.

OBJECTIVE To study the circumstances and medical profile of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) patients in whom resuscitation was attempted by the ambulance service, and to identify causes of SCA in survivors and factors that influence resuscitation success rate. METHODS During a five year period (1991-95) all cases of out-of-hospital SCA between the ages of 20 and 75 years and livin...