demonstrated in both the operating room and the electrophysiology laboratory. Additionally, many studies have demon-strated a much lower rate of sudden cardiac death in high-risk ICD-treated patients compared with either historic controls or sudden death rate estimates derived from device discharges during

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—Cox proportional-hazards regression modeling was used to identify risk factors for aborted cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death in 3015 LQTS children from the International LQTS Registry who were followed up from 1 through 12 years of age. The cumulative probability of the combined end point was significantly

SUMMARY With the development of coronary care units in the 1960s, attitudes toward sudden cardiac death (SCD) began to change as physicians learned that cardiac arrest was reversible. The problem of SCD has two aspects an acute, precipitating factor and a chronic predisposition to electrical

MTH is associated with increased sympathetic drive. Introduction Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries, with an annual incidence ranging from 36 to 81 events per 100000 inhabitants. Post-anoxic encephalopathy is a common complication after an out

to medical cardiac arrest have led to unexpected survivors. Recently published data have suggested that out-come from traumatic cardiac arrest is no worse than that for medical causes of cardiac arrest, and in some groups may be better. This review highlights key areas of difference between traumatic cardiac

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About 460,000 sudden cardiac deaths from a total of 728,743 cardiacrelated deaths were reported in 1999 in the United States [1]. Thirty-six percent of the sudden deaths were in-hospital cardiac arrest and 64% were out-of-hospital arrest [1]. About 18 % of patients survive to discharge following in

of the right pulmonary artery. Mediastinoscopy was performed and pathology examination of the nodeconfirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. The patient’s hemodynamic status worsened, with a sudden cardiac arrest caused by acute right-heart failure.

. Moreover, ventricular fibrillation is often the first expression of the disease, implying that patients die suddenly with-out any warning. It is thus understandable that cardiac arrest is an extremely difficult phenotype, as its victims will not be pre-symptomatically treated and the vast majority (,85