Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A recent major review of data published by The Lancet and led by Emory sports cardiologist Jonathan Kim, MD, shows that Black athletes are approximately five times more likely to experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to white athletes, despite some evidence of a decline in rates of SCD overall.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Image courtesy of UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science / James Tye milla1cf Tue, 12/19/2023 - 18:19 December 19, 2023 — A vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death , suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

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JAMA Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This cohort study evaluates the association of late gadolinium enhancement with sudden cardiac death or relevant associated events among patients younger than 21 years with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A reusable vest that can map the electrical activity of the heart in fine detail could potentially be used to better identify people at high risk of sudden cardiac death, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Middle-aged adults with long-term fluctuations in blood pressure may face a higher risk for sudden cardiac death than their peers with more consistent blood pressure readings, a large new study suggests.

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HeartRhythm

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a pressing health issue, affecting hundreds of thousands each year globally. The heterogeneity among SCD victims, ranging from individuals with severe heart failure to seemingly healthy individuals, poses a significant challenge for effective risk assessment.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 15, 2024

The use of the antipsychotic drugs quetiapine and haloperidol is associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) caused by drug-induced QT prolongation, reports a new study.

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Heart BMJ

JANUARY 29, 2025

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) have a wide spectrum of clinical presentations, from incidental findings to sudden cardiac death. Management and treatment recommendations in currently available guidelines vary according to patient risk and haemodynamic profile.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 19, 2024

SCAD can cause acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction (MI), as well as sudden cardiac death. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon condition which is increasingly recognized as a cause of significant morbidity.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2025

Exposure time to antidepressants in adults is associated with a higher risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association, held from March 30 to April 1 in Vienna.

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HeartRhythm

MARCH 28, 2025

The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) remains one of the most effective therapies for preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD). Data supporting the role of primary prevention ICDs in patients with heart failure were generated by rigorous randomized controlled trials (RCTs).1

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Circulation

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Circulation, Volume 148, Issue 25 , Page 2069-2071, December 19, 2023.

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HeartRhythm

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with an increased risk of ventricular fibrillation (VF), leading to sudden cardiac death. 1 However, variations in the efficacy of these drugs remain unclear, particularly regarding low-dose quinidine.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

APRIL 9, 2025

Misconceptions about device therapy and the notion that the needs of patients (especially the prevention of sudden cardiac death) can now be met by expanding drug therapies may play a role in these disparities.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and children, with an annual mortality rate of 1%. However, 10% to 20% of these patients have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular condition.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 11, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The hunt for a signal of excess sudden cardiac deaths among young people after COVID-19 vaccination left Oregon health officials empty-handed, they reported. Investigators searched death certificates for Oregon residents 16.

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HeartRhythm

MARCH 20, 2025

Sudden cardiac death is an important cause of mortality in patients with kidney failure undergoing renal replacement therapy, either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. The risk factors associated with sudden cardiac death in these patients only partly overlap with those in the general population.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: While the overall incidence of sudden cardiac death among National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes decreased over. This abstract is simultaneously published with a full manuscript in the AHA’s flagship journal Circulation.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Approximately half the OCM cases were diagnosed with sudden cardiac death (SCD), with significant differences. Macroscopically, OCM hearts had a “globoid” appearance with a thickened right ventricular outflow tract. Some OCM cases showed focal interstitial fibrosis in the left ventricle.

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DAIC

APRIL 16, 2025

Ventricular arrhythmias, which include VT, are believed to cause approximately three out of four sudden cardiac deaths, which result in an estimated 184,000450,000 lives lost in the United States each year.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The effects of SGLT2i on atrial fibrillation(AF), atrial flutter(AFL), composite AF/AFL, ventricular fibrillation(VF), ventricular tachycardia(VT), ventricular extrasystoles(VES), sudden cardiac death(SCD) and composite VF/VT/SCD were evaluated. The mean age was 64.9 ± 9.4  ± 9.4 were male.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00989-0 A molecular autopsy is undertaken in cases of sudden cardiac death with no definitive cause found after conventional autopsy, with the aim of identifying a pathological genetic variant that could account for the death.

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HeartRhythm

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

1-2 We aimed to determine the prevalence of intramyocardial adipose deposits in sudden cardiac death (SCD) victims with CAD, and to analyze any associated characteristics.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Possible arrhythmic recurrences and the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in this setting are reasons for concern, and limited data have been published to guide clinical management of these patients. Background Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) frequently occur in the acute phase of myocarditis.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 1, 2025

Identifying children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) at high risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an important part of clinical care.1,2

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JAMA Cardiology

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This randomized clinical trial assesses whether cardioverter-defibrillator implantation is more effective than amiodarone therapy for the primary prevention of all-cause mortality and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death, hospitalization for heart failure, and use of a pacemaker among patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

BACKGROUND:Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young individuals remain unclear. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 29, 2024

Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) having a compromised blood supply, are at greater risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). With an estimated incidence as high as 22% among these patients, current clinical guidelines recommend using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to help mitigate the risk of SCD.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JUNE 13, 2024

A new computational method developed by physicists at Tampere University can be used to estimate the risk of sudden cardiac death from a one-minute heart rate measurement at rest. The study was carried out in interdisciplinary collaboration between cardiology and computational physics.

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 8, 2025

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a genetic heart disease that predisposes individuals to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and quinidine are primary treatments, recurrent BrS-triggered ventricular arrhythmias can persist.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Sudden cardiac death represents a significant mortality factor in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Nevertheless, the validation of the existing risk prediction model in the pediatric population remains insufficiently explored.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In this interview, Katherine Martinez, and Matthew Martinez MD, FACC, discuss From JACC: Return-to-Play for Elite Athletes With Genetic Heart Diseases Predisposing to Sudden Cardiac Death.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 14, 2024

The use of the antipsychotic drugs quetiapine and haloperidol is associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) caused by drug-induced QT prolongation, reports a new study in Heart Rhythm.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 7, 2024

Despite improved childhood survival in congenital heart disease (CHD) due to advances in management, late-onset sudden cardiac death (SCD) from malignant ventricular arrhythmias remains a leading cause of mortality in adults with CHD (ACHD).

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HeartRhythm

JUNE 4, 2024

Diabetes mellitus (DM) confers an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) independent of its associated cardiovascular comorbidities. Diabetes mellitus induces adverse structural, electrophysiological, and autonomic cardiac remodeling which can increase one’s risk of ventricular arrhythmias and SCD.

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Circulation

AUGUST 4, 2024

Despite early evidence of an antiarrhythmic role of n-3 PUFA in the prevention of sudden cardiac death and postoperative and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), subsequent well-designed randomized trials have largely not shown an antiarrhythmic benefit.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

ß-blockers and flecainide have been used for treatment of VT as were implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) for prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Repolarization abnormalities similar to those observed in long QT syndrome (LQTS) are responsible for VT in ATS-1; therefore ATS-1 is sometimes referred to as LQTS 7.

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