HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a pressing health issue, affecting hundreds of thousands each year globally. The heterogeneity among SCD victims, ranging from individuals with severe heart failure to seemingly healthy individuals, poses a significant challenge for effective risk assessment.

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JAMA Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This cohort study evaluates the association of late gadolinium enhancement with sudden cardiac death or relevant associated events among patients younger than 21 years with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 25, 2024

What are the post-mortem toxicology findings in a cohort of young sports-related sudden cardiac death (SrSCD) victims?

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Med Page Today

APRIL 11, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The hunt for a signal of excess sudden cardiac deaths among young people after COVID-19 vaccination left Oregon health officials empty-handed, they reported. Investigators searched death certificates for Oregon residents 16.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00989-0 A molecular autopsy is undertaken in cases of sudden cardiac death with no definitive cause found after conventional autopsy, with the aim of identifying a pathological genetic variant that could account for the death.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A recent major review of data published by The Lancet and led by Emory sports cardiologist Jonathan Kim, MD, shows that Black athletes are approximately five times more likely to experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to white athletes, despite some evidence of a decline in rates of SCD overall.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: While the overall incidence of sudden cardiac death among National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes decreased over. This abstract is simultaneously published with a full manuscript in the AHA’s flagship journal Circulation.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In this interview, Katherine Martinez, and Matthew Martinez MD, FACC, discuss From JACC: Return-to-Play for Elite Athletes With Genetic Heart Diseases Predisposing to Sudden Cardiac Death.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

1-2 We aimed to determine the prevalence of intramyocardial adipose deposits in sudden cardiac death (SCD) victims with CAD, and to analyze any associated characteristics.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Approximately half the OCM cases were diagnosed with sudden cardiac death (SCD), with significant differences. Macroscopically, OCM hearts had a “globoid” appearance with a thickened right ventricular outflow tract. Some OCM cases showed focal interstitial fibrosis in the left ventricle.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The effects of SGLT2i on atrial fibrillation(AF), atrial flutter(AFL), composite AF/AFL, ventricular fibrillation(VF), ventricular tachycardia(VT), ventricular extrasystoles(VES), sudden cardiac death(SCD) and composite VF/VT/SCD were evaluated. The mean age was 64.9 ± 9.4  ± 9.4 were male.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and children, with an annual mortality rate of 1%. However, 10% to 20% of these patients have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular condition.

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Circulation

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Circulation, Volume 148, Issue 25 , Page 2069-2071, December 19, 2023.

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American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Does use of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and/or other variables identify patients who benefit from defibrillator implantation to prevent sudden death after acute myocardial infarction (MI)?

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Persistent complex bereavement disorder occurs in 21% of first-degree relatives following sudden cardiac death (SCD). The multifaceted needs of affected Chinese families are unknown.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) has an estimated annual incidence of 1 per 1000, based on epidemiological studies from death certificates. However, up to 40% of sudden deaths have been determined to be caused by extracardiac causes in autopsy studies.1,2

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 29, 2024

Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) having a compromised blood supply, are at greater risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). With an estimated incidence as high as 22% among these patients, current clinical guidelines recommend using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to help mitigate the risk of SCD.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 19, 2024

SCAD can cause acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction (MI), as well as sudden cardiac death. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon condition which is increasingly recognized as a cause of significant morbidity.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 13, 2024

A new computational method developed by physicists at Tampere University can be used to estimate the risk of sudden cardiac death from a one-minute heart rate measurement at rest. The study was carried out in interdisciplinary collaboration between cardiology and computational physics.

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Heart BMJ

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Psychiatric patients, especially those with severe mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, have significantly shorter life expectancy and higher risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared with the general population.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk stratification is based on clinically recognized risk factors (RF), such as reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF), heart failure (HF), prior myocardial infarction (MI), and syncope. These RFs fail to capture the majority of SCDs.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

APRIL 23, 2024

Abstract The limited literature and increasing interest in studies on cardiac electrophysiology, explicitly focusing on cardiac ion channelopathies and sudden cardiac death in diverse populations, has prompted a comprehensive examination of existing research.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Possible arrhythmic recurrences and the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in this setting are reasons for concern, and limited data have been published to guide clinical management of these patients. Background Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) frequently occur in the acute phase of myocarditis.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 15, 2024

The use of the antipsychotic drugs quetiapine and haloperidol is associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) caused by drug-induced QT prolongation, reports a new study.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Predicting sudden cardiac death may be possible using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze medical information in electronic health records, according to preliminary research.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Sudden cardiac death represents a significant mortality factor in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Nevertheless, the validation of the existing risk prediction model in the pediatric population remains insufficiently explored.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Although varying definitions of ER, previous studies suggested that the prevalence varied between 2% to 31% in population-cohort studies and that ER patterns are associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, no consensus definition of ER existed until 2015.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) as is defined as natural unexpected death in witnessed cases being <1 hour of symptoms and in unwitnessed cases as last seen alive <24hours (1). We have to be very precise in the definition of SCD as many sudden deaths may not be cardiac.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 7, 2024

Despite improved childhood survival in congenital heart disease (CHD) due to advances in management, late-onset sudden cardiac death (SCD) from malignant ventricular arrhythmias remains a leading cause of mortality in adults with CHD (ACHD).

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HeartRhythm

JUNE 4, 2024

Diabetes mellitus (DM) confers an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) independent of its associated cardiovascular comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus induces adverse structural, electrophysiological, and autonomic cardiac remodeling which can increase one’s risk of ventricular arrhythmias and SCD.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 28, 2024

A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack—50% to 60% of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac arrhythmia.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

ß-blockers and flecainide have been used for treatment of VT as were implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) for prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Repolarization abnormalities similar to those observed in long QT syndrome (LQTS) are responsible for VT in ATS-1; therefore ATS-1 is sometimes referred to as LQTS 7.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 29, 2024

The association between alcohol consumption and risk of sudden cardiac death and/or fatal ventricular arrhythmia remains controversial.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 31, 2024

New research published in the European Heart Journal shows that it is extremely difficult to predict with accuracy among patients who have had a heart attack those who will go on to suffer a sudden cardiac death, even among those with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35% or lower—commonly used as a justification for prophylactic defibrillator (..)

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Index cases carrying at least one putative pathogenic variant in theNEXNgene were selected.RESULTS:Of the 9516 index patients sequenced, 31 were carriers of a putative pathogenic variant inNEXNonly, including 2 with double variants and 29 with a single variant.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

APRIL 15, 2024

COVID-19 vaccination is not linked with sudden cardiac death among previously healthy young people, an April 11 CDC report found.

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