Serum Calcium: A Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk Factor

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Epilepsy Is a Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population

BACKGROUND People with epilepsy are at increased risk for sudden death. The most prevalent cause of sudden death in the general population is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). SCA may contribute to the increased incidence of sudden death in people with epilepsy. We assessed whether the risk for SCA is increased in epilepsy by determining the risk for SCA among pe...

Dialysate calcium concentration and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in hemodialysis patients.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The optimal dialysate calcium concentration to maintain normal mineralization and reduce risk of cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients is debated. Guidelines suggest that dialysate Ca concentration should be lowered to avoid vascular calcification, but cardiac arrhythmias may be more likely to occur at lower dialysate Ca. Concurrent use of QT-prolonging medica...

Population Movement and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Location Running title: Marijon et al.; High-Risk Public Areas for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Eloi Marijon, MD, PhD; Wulfran Bougouin, MD; Muriel Tafflet, PhD; Nicole Karam, MD; Daniel Jost, MD; Lionel Lamhaut, MD; Frankie Beganton, MS; Patricia Pelloux, MS; Hervé Degrange, MD; Guillaume Beal, MS; Jean-Pierre Tourtier, MD, PhD; Albert Alain Hagege, MD, PhD; Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, MD; Michel Desnos, MD; Florence Dumas, MD, PhD; Christian Spaulding, MD, PhD; David S. Celermajer, PhD, FRACP;...

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...