Managing sudden death in the heart attack centre

Sudden death in ischemic heart disease.

Sudden death, defined as the death that occurs naturally, unexpectedly and instantaneously or within the first hour of the onset of premonitory symptoms, is one of the most important challenge of the modern cardiology. This is due to both, its elevated incidence (400,000 to 500,000 cases per year in United States alone) and its dramatic presentation (many of the victims are relatively young and...

What causes sudden death in heart failure?

Patients with heart failure experience a number of changes in the electrical function of the heart that predispose to potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmias. Action potential prolongation, the result of functional downregulation of K currents, and aberrant Ca2+ handling is a recurrent theme. Significant alterations in conduction and activation of a number of initially adaptive but ultimately ma...

Predicting sudden cardiac death in heart failure.

Ahmad et al. (1) suggest that biomarkers related to myocardial stress and fibrosis add some weight to the prediction of mode of death in patients with heart failure–reduced ejection fraction (HF-REF), particularly pump failure as opposed to sudden cardiac death (SCD). A variety of biomarkers have been shown to predict adverse ventricular remodeling/progressive pump failure, including natriureti...

Sudden Death in Ischemic Heart Disease

Sudden death due to the Acetone toxicity

Propanone is a volatile liquid that can be absorbed by ingestion, inhalation, dermal and is distributed throughout the body. In this study, a fatal case involving acetone poisoning, who was worked in the Red Crescent Medical Center is presented. The deceased was found four hours after death. He was a 25-year-old male nurse and not married. There are the history of smoking since four years ago, ...