Sudden Cardiac Arrest in a Young Population: Not So Unpredictable

Sudden cardiac arrest in the young - a call to action.

640 August 2012, Vol. 102, No. 8 SAMJ Sudden cardiac arrest in the young – a call to action To the Editor: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in athletes has once again been brought into the spotlight as a result of the recent widely publicised collapse and resuscitation of Fabrice Muambo during a FA Cup soccer match in the United Kingdom. The efforts of the trained medical responders in his successfu...

Population movement and sudden cardiac arrest location.

BACKGROUND Although the benefits of automatic external defibrillators are undeniable, their effectiveness could be dramatically improved. One of the key issues is the disparity between the locations of automatic external defibrillators and sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs). METHODS AND RESULTS From emergency medical services and other Parisian agencies, data on all SCAs occurring in public places...

sudden cardiac death in athletes: big trouble, not so little asia

Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death in a Young Active Population

BACKGROUND Little is known about the burden of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among active, presumably healthy persons. We investigated the incidence of SCD among US male career firefighters. METHODS AND RESULTS All on-duty SCDs among US male career firefighters between 1998 and 2012 were identified from the US Fire Administration and the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health d...

Young athlete with sudden cardiac arrest treated with therapeutic hypothermia.

Reported herein is a coronary anomaly that occurred in a young adolescent athlete who presented with cardiopulmonary arrest. The patient was resuscitated and treated with therapeutic hypothermia. The patient had no associated neurological complications at follow up. Enhanced computed tomography of the heart indicated an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right coronary sin...