Sudden cardiac arrest causes one in five deaths in industrialised countries.2 Most sudden cardiac arrests occur in the community in people not known to be at risk. A cardiac arrhythmia, called ventricular fibrillation, causes the heart to stop pumping and blood flow to cease. If blood flow i
According to a study by the European Society of Cardiology, sudden cardiac arrest does not occur completely unnoticed. This discovery could be a game-changer for preventive measures of this health emergency in patients at most risk.
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 12 (ANI): Latinos are less likely to know what an automated external defibrillator (AED) is and who can use it, which could affect outcomes of sudden cardiac arrests in Latino neighborhoods, according to a preliminary research.