noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is an embryonic cardiomyopathy that is increasingly being recognized. noncompaction of lv myocardium, right ventricular myocardium, or both can occur in isolation, in congenital heart diseases, in valvular heart diseases, in neuromuscular disorders, skeletal abnormalities and in endocrinologic abnormalities. clinical manifestations of ventricular non-...

Sudden cardiac death describes the unexpected natural death from a cardiac cause within a short time period, generally #1 hour from the onset of symptoms, in a person without any prior condition that would appear fatal. Such a rapid death is often attributed to a cardiac arrhythmia, but with the advent of monitoring capabilities from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), it is now wel...

AIM To identify features to help paediatricians differentiate between natural and unnatural infant deaths. METHOD Clinical features of 81 children judged by criminal and family courts to have been killed by their parents were studied. Health and social service records, court documents, and records from meetings with parents, relatives, and social workers were studied. RESULTS Initially, 42 ...

The association between Long QT syndrome (LQTS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains highly topical and even polarizing. Because the landmark Italian study of the QT interval and SIDS triggered extensive controversy, there has been a substantial and commendable effort to establish LQTS as one of the true causes of SIDS. The motivation underlying this effort is based on the fact that ...

Over the past decade, there has been a significant decrease in the hospital mortality of patients with coronary artery disease. However, sudden cardiac death, which accounts for the majority of deaths from coronary artery disease, hasbeen little affected. This report reviews the pathology, electrophysiology, demographics and clinical presentation of sudden cardiac death. Emergency care and poss...

An aura of mystery has always surrounded the subject of sudden unexpected death. Part of the explanation is an absence of a single or unusual explanation, although electrical instability of the heart does serve as a unifying concept for the final common pathway. In this review, emphasis is placed on the random aggregation of a wide variety of contributing factors in the pathogenesis of sudden d...

The theme of this conference. . Exercise a prescription for health? has to look not only at the possible benefits of exercise, but also its possible dangers. Like Williams who has been given the brief to discuss over-use injuries, I am in the position of devil's advocate and have researched the most harmful effect of exercise... sudden death associated with exertion. Some of the Media have been...