DAIC

JANUARY 19, 2024

Particularly, his contributions to the sudden cardiac arrest medical knowledge base have changed the way we think about this deadly condition that we might be able to prevent on a larger scale.” Although “sudden cardiac arrest” and “heart attack” are often mistaken to be the same, the conditions are quite different.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Epicardial patch defibrillators (EPDs) were commonly implanted in the 1990s for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. This case highlights such a scenario.Case:A 75-year-old female with a history of cardiac arrest 30 years ago presented with shortness of breath and left leg swelling.

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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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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. 2893C>T, p.Arg965Cys) in the SCN5A gene.

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Ken Grauer, MD

JUNE 27, 2024

He developed cardiac arrest shortly after the ECG in Figure-1 was recorded. C ASE C onclusion: As noted above — today's patient developed cardiac arrest shortly after arrival in the ED. Despite prolonged resuscitation with multiple defibrillation attempts — the patient could not be saved. =

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Circulation

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The study period was defined as the period in which background therapy (ie, beta-blocker type [beta1-selective or nonselective]), left cardiac sympathetic denervation, and implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment status, remained unchanged within individual patients and was divided into pre-flecainide and on-flecainide periods.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

The limb lead abnormalities appear to be part of the Brugada pattern, as described in this article: Inferior and Lateral Electrocardiographic RepolarizationAbnormalities in Brugada Syndrome Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias.

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