Common heart condition linked to sudden death

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A University of Adelaide-led team of researchers has found a link between sudden cardiac death (when the heart suddenly stops beating) and a common heart condition known as mitral valve prolapse that affects around 12 in every 1000 people worldwide. In a paper, published in Heart, researchers analysed more than 7600 studies and found that 12% of victims of sudden […]

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Large number of presumed sudden cardiac deaths are not

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(HealthDay)—A large percentage of deaths attributed to cardiac arrest are neither sudden nor unexpected, according to a study published recently in Circulation. Zian H. Tseng, M.D., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues identified all incident deaths attributed to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (patients between 18 and 90 years of age in San Francisco County) based on autopsy, […]

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CPR is key to survival of sudden cardiac arrest

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases the possibility of surviving sudden cardiac arrest. But it’s not just trained professionals who can jump in to perform CPR. There are simple, life-saving steps any bystander can take. “We think it should be a basic life skill,” such as knowing to call 911 when there’s a fire, said Dr. Clifton Callaway, a professor and executive vice […]

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High incidence of sudden and/or arrhythmic death in CHD

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(HealthDay)—Among patients with coronary heart disease without severe systolic dysfunction, sudden and/or arrhythmic deaths (SAD) account for a considerable proportion of deaths, according to a study published online May 2 in JAMA Cardiology. Neal A. Chatterjee, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a cohort study involving 135 clinical sites with 5,761 participants with coronary heart […]

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