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'''Sudden cardiac death''' covers a range of conditions in which there is a [[cardiac death]] within one hour of the onset of symptoms, often without previous indication of heart disease.<ref name=eMed>{{citation | '''Sudden cardiac death (SCD)''' covers a range of conditions in which there is a [[cardiac death]] within one hour of the onset of symptoms, often without previous indication of heart disease.<ref name=eMed>{{citation | ||
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}}</ref> With quick response and aggressive treatment, it is not necessarily fatal, although the survival rate, just as with the television-derived expectation that [[ | }}</ref> It may be as sudden as an apparently healthy victim collapsing in mid-sentence. All SCD is a subset of [[acute cardiac syndrome]]. | ||
With quick response and aggressive treatment, it is not necessarily fatal, although the survival rate, just as with the television-derived expectation that [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] is reliably lifesaving, is dismal. Without aggressive treatment, however, the chances of survival are nonexistent. | |||
It accounts for perhaps half of cardiac deaths, and is most likely due to an abnormal [[tachycardia]] leading to ineffective pumping action of the heart. | It accounts for perhaps half of cardiac deaths, and is most likely due to an abnormal [[tachycardia]] leading to ineffective pumping action of the heart. | ||
Revision as of 10:21, 1 July 2009
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) covers a range of conditions in which there is a cardiac death within one hour of the onset of symptoms, often without previous indication of heart disease.[1] It may be as sudden as an apparently healthy victim collapsing in mid-sentence. All SCD is a subset of acute cardiac syndrome.
With quick response and aggressive treatment, it is not necessarily fatal, although the survival rate, just as with the television-derived expectation that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is reliably lifesaving, is dismal. Without aggressive treatment, however, the chances of survival are nonexistent.
It accounts for perhaps half of cardiac deaths, and is most likely due to an abnormal tachycardia leading to ineffective pumping action of the heart.
Risk factors on history
It is a bit confusing to describe the conditions below as "history", because they may not have been symptomatic, and the patient may only be aware of them if he or she is in an aggressive testing program, or if they have produced symptoms.
Familial history is less predictive, but awareness of any of these conditions in a close relative may raise risks
- Coronary artery disease
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Valvular disease
- Long QT syndrome
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
- Brugada syndrome
- arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
References
- ↑ Ali A Sovari, Abraham G Kocheril, Peter A McCullough (17 July 2006), "Sudden Cardiac Death", eMedicine