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A 33-year-old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: sudden cardiac death?
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Dr. Alan Heldmananswered
Cardiology 34 years experience
Sudden cardiac death: SCD means a cardiac arrest which occurs shortly (usually defined as <1 hour) after the first symptom. Aborted SCD would mean that the cardiac arrest was treated, e.g. by defibrillation. Causes of SCD include acute myocardial infarction, ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, and heart failure.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What causes sudden cardiac death?
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Dr. Howard Rubinanswered
Cardiology 48 years experience
Sudden cardiac death: Is usually an arrhythmia called ventricular fibrillation with sudden inability of the heart to pump that can occur with or without a sudden clot of a coronary artery.
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Last updated Nov 27, 2017
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