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Recurrent sudden cardiac death secondary to anomalous right coronary artery: Insights into prevalence and management

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, Hannah J Weaver, Gary S Huang, Mohamed Abdelmotleb, Marta Alhama-Belotto, Younghoon Kwon   +5 more
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Prediction and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011
See related research article by Reinier and colleagues on page [1705][1] and at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.101512][2] Major advances have been made in understanding the causes of and treatments for cardiovascular disease, and mortality related to such disease has been reduced. However,
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Rationale and design of the Pan-African Sudden Cardiac Death survey: the Pan-African SCD study

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The estimated rate of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in Western countries ranges from 300,000 to 400,000 annually, which represents 0.36 to 1.28 per 1 000 inhabitants in Europe and the United States.
Temu, G, Owusu, Ik, Awad, Aa, Pan‐african Society Of Cardiology, Task Force On Sudden Cardiac D. E. A. T. , H., Gehani, A, Okello, E, Taty, G, Talle, M, Houenassi, M, Winkel, Bg, Lambiase, P, PRIORI, SILVIA GIULIANA, Diakite, M, Chin, A, Marrakchi, S, Karaye, Km, Kane, A, Amougou, SN, Ngantcha, M, Bonny, A, Otieno, H   +21 more
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: An Italian expert consensus statement on risk, mechanisms, prevention, and therapeutic strategies

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a leading cause of premature mortality in people with epilepsy, particularly in those with tonic–clonic seizures (TCSs), developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs), and drug‐resistant epilepsy.
Vincenzo Belcastro, Fedele Dono, Giovanni Falcicchio, Lorenzo Gigli, Angela La Neve, Sara Matricardi, Barbara Mostacci, Angelo Pascarella, Leandro Pecchia, Emilio Russo, Pasquale Striano   +10 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, Daniel J. Miklin, Henry R. Halperin, M.D   +2 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest in relation to exercise [PDF]

Background: In predisposed individuals with a known or unknown cardiovascular disease, the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest is increased during and immediately after exercise.
Frisk Torell, Matilda
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Menopause hormone therapy in women with cardiovascular risk factors or established ischemic heart disease: A joint FIGO and WHF position paper

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Integrated approach to menopausal hormone therapy in women with cardiovascular risk factors or established ischemic heart disease, from early treatment initiation and risk stratification to individualized therapy, multidisciplinary follow‐up, and health‐system recommendations.
Chiara Benedetto, Martha Gulati, Suvarna S. Khadilkar, Angela H. E. M. Maas, Federica Frezet, Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira, Andrea R. Genazzani, Hema Divakar, Athena Poppas, on behalf of the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)   +9 more
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Underlying Cause of Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Japan in Survivors Versus Nonsurvivors

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The causes underlying out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are rarely investigated. This study aimed to investigate causes of OHCA in CRITICAL (Comprehensive Registry of In‐Hospital Intensive Care for OHCA Survival), a multicenter OHCA ...
Satoshi Yoshimura, Zian H. Tseng, Tomoki Yamada, Shunichiro Nakao, Kazuhisa Yoshiya, Changhwi Park, Tetsuro Nishimura, Takuya Ishibe, Kazuma Yamakawa, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Masafumi Kishimoto, Kohei Ninomiya, Yusuke Ito, Taku Sogabe, Takaya Morooka, Haruko Sakamoto, Yuki Hironaka, Atsunori Onoe, Tasuku Matsuyama, Yohei Okada, Satoshi Matsui, Norihiro Nishioka, Shunsuke Kimata, Shunsuke Kawai, Yuto Makino, Ling Zha, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami   +28 more
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Lessons from a patient with cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism as the initial presentation of Wilms tumor: a case report and literature review

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Finding an abdominal mass or hematuria is the initial step in diagnosing Wilms tumor. As the first manifestation of Wilms tumor, it is exceedingly rare for pulmonary tumor embolism to present with cardiac arrest.
Atsuna Fukuda, Takeshi Isoda, Naoya Sakamoto, Keisuke Nakajima, Tetsuya Ohta   +4 more
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Therapeutic Hypothermia Following Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

, 2014
According to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation (2014), each year, 424,000 people in the U.S. (more than 1,000/day) experience EMS-assessed out-of-hospital non-traumatic sudden cardiac arrest.
Patrick, Cassandra
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