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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A reusable vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Image courtesy of UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science / James Tye milla1cf Tue, 12/19/2023 - 18:19 December 19, 2023 — A vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death , suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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

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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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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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Limited data exist on the incidence of severe QT prolongation (SQTP) in patients using antipsychotics or antidepressants and the associated risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD).Aims:This

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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

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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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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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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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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The British Journal of Cardiology

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Patients with such variants can present with a wide spectrum of arrhythmias but sudden death is generally considered rare. Pathogenic genetic variants in the HCN4 (hyperpolarisation-activated and cyclic nucleotide-gated channel) gene can cause sinus node dysfunction, disrupting the function of the pacemaker region of the heart.

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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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The American Journal of Cardiology

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Publication date: Available online 20 December 2023 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Saadia Sherazi, Arpan Patel, Kimberly Hsu, Susan Schleede, Arthur Watts, Scott McNitt, Mehmet Kemal Aktas, Ilan Goldenberg

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The American Journal of Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Publication date: 15 January 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 211 Author(s): Marco Zuin, Claudio Bilato, Thach Nguyen, Ramesh Daggubati, Gianluca Rigatelli

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 4, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the timing of complete multivessel revascularization in patients presenting with non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome, then examines the accuracy of wearable heart rate monitors during exercise in sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation.

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American College of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in obesity is the focus of a JACC: State-of-the-Art review of the mechanisms as well as current evidence for its management, gaps in knowledge and future research, published in JACC.

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HeartRhythm

JULY 9, 2024

Akin to athletes, there are high-risk professions for which employers have struggled to combine on-the-job safety with the diagnosis of a genetic heart disease (GHD). Such professions involve intense exercise, increased risk, or situations where syncope could pose a risk, also to others.

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Circulation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue 12 , Page e255-e256, September 17, 2024.

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JAMA Cardiology

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This randomized clinical trial assesses whether cardioverter-defibrillator implantation is more effective than amiodarone therapy for the primary prevention of all-cause mortality and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death, hospitalization for heart failure, and use of a pacemaker among patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.

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Circulation

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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

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