Team develops risk assessment score to predict, help prevent sudden cardiac...
A Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute investigator and his team have developed a new risk assessment tool that brings physicians closer to predicting who is most likely to suffer a sudden cardiac arrest, a...
View ArticleICD therapy significantly reduces death risk in patients with ischemic or...
Primary prevention with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy reduced the incidence of sudden and all-cause death for patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomypotathy when compared...
View ArticleHealth insurance expansion linked to fewer sudden cardiac arrests
The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest, a sudden and usually deadly loss of heart function, declined significantly among previously uninsured adults who acquired health insurance through the Affordable...
View ArticleGovernment funds dwindle for cardiac arrest research
National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to conduct cardiac arrest research has dwindled in the last decade and is a fraction of what the government spends to study other leading causes of death,...
View ArticleMechanism behind sudden cardiac deaths in sports uncovered
Researchers have worked out the mechanism behind sudden cardiac deaths that follow a hard blow to the chest.
View ArticleOmega-3 intake reduces cardiac death risk according to comprehensive new study
Results from a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology showed that in 14 randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) of 71,899 people, consumption of EPA and DHA omega-3s reduced the risk of...
View ArticlePreventing sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—new backing for ESC...
A large study conducted across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia has validated the ESC recommendations for predicting and preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with...
View ArticleNot adhering to recommended exams for severe narrowing of the aortic valve...
Patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis who did not follow recommended guidelines for regular exams had poorer survival and were more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure, according to...
View ArticlePotentially lifesaving implantable cardioverter defibrillators underutilized...
Fewer than 10% of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) outside of a hospital survive. Reoccurrence rates after an initial event are high, which is why current Canadian Cardiovascular...
View ArticleDeaths, cardiac arrest not rare in triathlon participants
(HealthDay)—The incidence of deaths or cardiac arrest is 1.74 per 100,000 USA Triathlon participants, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
View ArticleFragmented QRS predicts cardiac death during exercise
(HealthDay)—Fragmented QRS complex may predict risk of exercise-related sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online Sept. 20 in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
View ArticleFrequent sauna bathing keeps blood pressure in check
Frequent sauna bathing reduces the risk of elevated blood pressure, according to an extensive follow-up population-based study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland. The risk of developing...
View ArticleLow serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of patients, and more than half of men and close to 70% of women who die of SCA have no clinical history of heart disease prior to this cardiac event....
View ArticleMitochondrial DNA could predict risk for sudden cardiac death, heart disease
Johns Hopkins researchers report that the level, or "copy number," of mitochondrial DNA—genetic information stored not in a cell's nucleus but in the body's energy-creating mitochondria—is a novel and...
View ArticleIncretin tied to better outcomes in NOCS-diabetes
(HealthDay)—Incretin treatment appears to improve non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-obstructive coronary artery stenosis (NOCS),...
View ArticleUpdated guidelines detail treatment for patients with ventricular arrhythmias
The American College of Cardiology, along with the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society, today published new guidelines for the treatment of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and...
View ArticleAHA: Cardiac troponin I IDs low risk of MI, cardiac death
(HealthDay)—High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentration can identify individuals at low risk of myocardial infarction or cardiac death within 30 days among patients with suspected acute coronary...
View ArticleSudden cardiac death rates may be seven times higher among young people with...
Children and young adults with diabetes may be seven times more likely to die from sudden cardiac death compared to children and young adults without diabetes, according to preliminary research from...
View ArticleNew model estimates odds of events that trigger sudden cardiac death
A new computational model of heart tissue allows researchers to estimate the probability of rare heartbeat irregularities that can cause sudden cardiac death. The model, developed by Mark Walker and...
View ArticleIncreased repolarization dispersion seen in SCD survivors
(HealthDay)—Survivors of sudden cardiac death (SCD) with structurally normal hearts have increased dispersion of repolarization after exertion, and this is detectable on non-invasive...
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