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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2015 Sudden cardiac arrest constitutes a major public health burden in both developed and developing countries. In those successfully resuscitated from cardiac arrest, subsequent mortality is still high (∼75%) and is due to a combination of ischaemia and ...
Eric Tien Siang Lim MBBChir, MRCP +5 more
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Early Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Early Defibrillation: a 24 Months Retrospective Analysis [PDF]
, 2006 Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death in the United States and most other Western nations. Among these deaths, sudden, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest claims approximately 1000 lives each day in the United States ...
Barbara Severgnini +4 more
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Role of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
, 2005 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an important cardiovascular disease with sudden cardiac death as the most devastating presentation. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are the optimal therapy for prevention of sudden death from ventricular
Francis, Johnson +2 more
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Myocardial bridging presenting as myocardial ischaemia induced cardiac arrest: a case report
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021 Background Myocardial bridging is a congenital anomaly defined as a segment of epicardial coronary arteries running through the myocardium. Various complications related to myocardial bridging have been reported, but at present, cardiac arrest has rarely
Young-Jae Ki
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Sudden cardiac death: Prevention and treatment [PDF]
, 2003 Sudden cardiac death remains a major health issue in western countries as well as in Hong Kong. Despite increasing knowledge of the mechanisms and risk factors of sudden cardiac death, methods for identifying high-risk candidates and predicting the ...
Kwok, KM, Lau, CP, Lee, KLF, Tse, HF
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Perioperative and anesthetic deaths: toxicological and medico legal aspects [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Anesthesia has become safer during decades, though there is still a preventable mortality; the complexity of medical and surgical interventions, increasingly older and sicker patients, has created a host of new hazards in anesthesiology.
Argo A. +5 more
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Management for Sudden Cardiac Arrest on Field Sport Activity
Surabaya Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal, 2023 Background: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the most common cause of sudden death in athletes, accounting for 75% of all deaths during activity and sports.
Arni Kusuma Dewi +9 more
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Successful resuscitation from two cardiac arrests in a female patient with critical aortic stenosis, severe mitral regurgitation and coronary artery disease [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction. The incidence of sudden cardiac death in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis is up to 34% and resuscitation is described as highly unsuccessful. Case report.
Borović Saša +3 more
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CPR and ECMO: The Next Frontier
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2020 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a first-line therapy for sudden cardiac arrest, while extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has traditionally been used as a means of countering circulatory failure.
Matt T. Oberdier +2 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 A 32-year-old woman presented after ventricular fibrillation arrest requiring three defibrillations. The episode coincided with an upper respiratory infection and physical exertion.
Rasheed O Durowoju +5 more
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