More people can survive sudden cardiac arrest when a particular sequence of events occurs as rapidly as possible. This sequence is 1) recognition of early warning signs, 2) activation of the emergency medical system, 3) basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 4) defibrillation, 5) intubation, and 6) intravenous administration of medications. The descriptive device "chain of survival" communicates ...

Despite progress in epidemiology, clinical profiling, and interventions, sudden cardiac death remains a major clinical and public health problem. There remain important unresolved issues that are challenges for future progress. Among these are a better understanding of the magnitude of the problem and methods of profiling risk for individuals, the etiology and mechanisms of cardiac arrest in in...

Sudden cardiac death is a rare condition resulting from undetected cardiac abnormalities in athletes and non-athletes. Participant screening, immediate and advanced medical management can probably reduce mortality and ameliorate outcomes. In recent years, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has emerged as a valuable therapeutic option in patients experiencing refractory cardiac arrest as a brid...

Brugada Syndrome (BrS) is an inherited channelopathy causing sodium channel dysfunction in cardiac myocyte. These patients are prone to develop Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) or polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (VT). Next to coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathies, BrS is an important cause of sudden cardiac death. We report here a case of 22 year unmarried female with "unexplained" card...

INTRODUCTION  Syncope and sudden cardiac arrest are known complications of aortic stenosis (AS). OBJECTIVES  The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of these complications in patients with severe symptomatic AS and to analyze whether basic clinical data and electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic parameters can be the markers of these complications. PATIENTS AND METHO...

it is a great pleasure to receive two valuable comments about our article regarding sudden cardiac death (scd) in young athletes from two well known experts working in the field of preparticipation evaluation and prevention of sports injuries. we, as authors, generally agree with both authors' comments. however, some considerations should be re-emphasized here. .....

Inherited arrhythmia syndromes are a known, albeit rare, cause of sudden cardiac arrest which may present with characteristic electrocardiogram changes in patients with structurally normal heart. There are a variety of distinct arrhythmogenic syndromes that arise from mutations in voltage gated sodium channels, resulting in either gain or loss of function. We describe a patient with a primary i...