DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

Chugh’s leadership in arrhythmia research and care is extraordinary,” said Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD , executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute. Although “sudden cardiac arrest” and “heart attack” are often mistaken to be the same, the conditions are quite different.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 3, 2024

During the intravenous lacosamide infusion, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmias necessitating resuscitation. Of note, the patient had a family history of sudden cardiac death.

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Ken Grauer, MD

JUNE 27, 2024

He developed cardiac arrest shortly after the ECG in Figure-1 was recorded. What is the most likely cause of this arrhythmia? C ASE C onclusion: As noted above — today's patient developed cardiac arrest shortly after arrival in the ED. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret the ECG in Figure-1 ?

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HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A few decades ago all sudden cardiac arrests with documented ventricular fibrillation (VF) and structurally normal hearts were diagnosed as idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF).

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Heart BMJ

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sudden cardiac death is one of the main causes of mortality in patients with known or occult cardiac disease and is potentially preventable by early resuscitation. 1 Underuse of AEDs is a multifaceted problem with the number of available devices in a given distance to a person with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

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DAIC

JANUARY 24, 2024

Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. It can, in some cases, lead to death. You may not know Carol Barr, but in the future, she could save your life.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Brugada syndrome is thought to account for about one fourth of sudden cardiac deaths in individuals with structurally normal heart. This is the proposed mechanism of precipitation of arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome during febrile episodes. I am always happy to see this ECG of Brugada syndrome as it was sent to me by Prof.

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