Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest

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...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac death in heart failure.

Correspondence to: Dr Anthony W C Chow, The Heart Hospital, UCLH NHS Trust, 16–18 Westmoreland Street, London W1G 8PH, UK; anthony.chow@uclh. nhs.uk _________________________ T he definition of sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains controversial. Many such deaths are not witnessed, and without cardiac monitoring at the time of death the assumption of an underlying arrhythmic cause is speculative. ...

Special Report Sudden Cardiac Death Prediction and Prevention

Glenn I. Fishman, MD; Sumeet S. Chugh, MD; John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD; Christine M. Albert, MD; Mark E. Anderson, MD, PhD; Robert O. Bonow, MD; Alfred E. Buxton, MD; Peng-Sheng Chen, MD; Mark Estes, MD; Xavier Jouven, MD; Raymond Kwong, MD; David A. Lathrop, PhD; Alice M. Mascette, MD; Jeanne M. Nerbonne, PhD; Brian O’Rourke, PhD; Richard L. Page, MD; Dan M. Roden, MD; David S. Rosenbaum, MD; Non...

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...