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Smidt Heart Institute Sudden Cardiac Arrest Expert Receives 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award

DAIC

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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ECG Blog #436 — Bigeminy or Alternans?

Ken Grauer, MD

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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Spotlight on Advancements in Mitral Valve Repair, Research

DAIC

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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Case Report: Lacosamide unmasking SCN5A-associated Brugada syndrome in a young female with epilepsy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

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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VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is a critically important determination because of the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. Frick — "Angiography can be misleading — and must always be understood in clinical context".

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Early repolarization in the left posterior leads of the electrocardiogram: A new challenge for the existence of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

HeartRhythm

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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Inequities in access and use of automated external defibrillators

Heart BMJ

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).