Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

HCM is often associated with asymmetric LVH, a family history of HCM, sarcomeric genetic mutations, and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease, which goes along with increased risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

risk of sudden cardiac death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Brugada Syndrome

[…] with an increased risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young adults. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brugada syndrome heart conduction disease that is characterized by abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death Brugada type idiopathic [wikidata.org]

Abstract Brugada syndrome (BS) is an inherited disease characterized by a coved-type ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads and increased risk of sudden cardiac [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Sudden Cardiac Death

In addition, elevated BMI at age 18 years was associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death ( P for trend .001; P for quadratic trend .63). [healio.com]

People suffering from the common lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), have an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to new research [medicalxpress.com]

Scientists warn those women who are obese in early adulthood are at increased risk of suffering sudden cardiac death later in life, even if they have shed their excess weight [dailymail.co.uk]

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Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia

Abstract Patients with coronary artery disease, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), and left ventricular dysfunction have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and sudden cardiac death. [wikem.org]

NSVT confers an increased risk for sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. [heartlandcardiology.com]

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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is rare cardiomyopathy associated with life-threatening arrhythmias and increased risk of sudden cardiac [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

risk of sudden cardiac death. [jhu.pure.elsevier.com]

cardiac death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Type 2

risk of stroke and sudden death. [4] [3] Women who are genetic carriers for X-linked EDMD may also be at risk for cardiac problems, with the risk increasing with age. [physio-pedia.com]

[…] serum creatine kinase MISCELLANEOUS: Onset in childhood; Adult onset has been rarely reported; Risk of sudden death due to cardiac defects; Female carriers may have cardiac [genome.jp]

[…] conduction defecits and arrythmias may occur, resulting in dilated cardiac myopathy, poor exercise tolerance, bradycardia, syncope, congestive heart failure, and an increased [physio-pedia.com]

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Early Repolarization Syndrome

Because early repolarization is common and studies suggest that it is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, it is important that health care providers are [ecgwaves.com]

However, recent data confirmed that certain phenotypes of ERP are related to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (idiopathic ventricular fibrillation). [actamedicamarisiensis.ro]

risk of sudden cardiac death. [bcs.com]

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Ventricular Bigeminy

risk of sudden cardiac death and specialist advice should be sought (1) rarely they have the potential to induce ventricular fibrillation particularly if they coincide with [gpnotebook.co.uk]

Patients with cardiac disease In the presence of significant structural heart disease, frequent ventricular extrasystoles indicate an increased risk of sudden cardiac death [patient.info]

[…] not dangerous and can be difficult to suppress with medication which is thus best avoided in the presence of significant structural heart disease, frequent ectopy marks an increased [gpnotebook.co.uk]

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Constipation

sudden cardiac death and a nearly eight fold increased risk in the initial prescription period (first month) ( Hennessy 2008 ). [dx.doi.org]

Since its regular use in 1993, there have been 175 reported deaths from cardiac arrhythmias or sudden deaths directly due to Cisapride; in addition, there have also been 386 [dx.doi.org]

The results of a paper by Hennessy et al, revealed that Cisapride is associated with a double to a triple increase risk of hospitalisation for ventricular arrhythmias and [dx.doi.org]

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Familial Short QT Syndrome

In the last decade, it has been suggested that in some individuals, the presence of ER may be associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, and thus the term [doi.org]

There is an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. [wikidoc.org]

The Short QT Syndrome (SQTS) is characterized by abbreviated QT intervals on the electrocardiogram, increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. [books.google.com]

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Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency

risk for sudden cardiac death. [10, 11] In general, survival is not significantly affected by mild to moderate PR. [emedicine.com]

[…] to RV dysfunction. [4, 9] Residual PR is an important determinant of outcome, as it may contribute to RV hypertrophy and dysfunction, a propensity for arrhythmias, and an increased [emedicine.com]

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Hypertension

[…] nine times increased risk of sudden cardiac death. [cvrx.com]

An enlarged heart increases your risk for the following: heart failure arrhythmias sudden cardiac death heart attack Damaged brain Your brain relies on a healthy supply of [healthline.com]

In the United States, heart failure is estimated to affect 5.1 million adults. 7 Overall, heart failure is associated with a four-fold increased risk of death and a six to [cvrx.com]

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Essential Hypertension

A higher frequency of cardiac atrial and ventricular dysrhythmias and sudden cardiac death may exist. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Malignant hypertension needs immediate treatment as it is a serious condition and can cause organ damage or risk of sudden death cerebral hemorrhage if left untreated. [articledoctor.com]

LVH is associated with an increased risk of premature death and morbidity. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Ventricular Arrhythmia

Left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

INTRODUCTION: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) primarily due to ventricular arrhythmia (VA). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pooled risk estimates demonstrated that the current use of domperidone increased the risk of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death (pooled adjusted odds ratio 1.70 [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cardiomyopathy

[…] of LGE appears to be important, as more than 15% of the LV mass subtended by LGE is associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. [emedicine.com]

risk of sudden cardiac death.[2] Types of cardiomyopathy include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular [en.wikipedia.org]

Those affected are at an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Complete lecture series contains 3 parts. See below whats discussed. Cardiomyopathies Part 1 1. [youtube.com]

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Tonsillitis

Angina is a sign that someone is at increased risk of heart attack, cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death. [livescience.com]

risk of sudden cardiac death compared with matched nonusers of antipsychotic drugs.52 Chronic administration of amiodarone markedly prolongs the QT interval, yet it is very [ahajournals.org]

For the high risk patients, ICD is undeniably the most effective way to prevent TdP-mediated sudden cardiac death in LQTS. [thecardiologyadvisor.com]

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Cardiac Arrhythmia

Not only is obesity an established cardiovascular risk factor, it also increases the risk of sudden cardiac death and atrial fibrillation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Loss of function mutations in hERG1 channels cause inherited long QT syndrome and increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Certain ECG abnormalities can help identify patients at increased risk for sudden cardiac death. [doi.org]

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Long QT Syndrome 10

This treatment is especially important for those patients with prolonged QTc intervals, as increasing QTc interval is directly related to increased risk of sudden cardiac [geneticheartdisease.org]

The result of these mutations is an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia, specifically torsade de pointes, that can lead to syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, and sudden [geneticheartdisease.org]

Prolonged Tpeak-to-tend interval on the resting ECG is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011;4:441–7. [jaclinicalreports.springeropen.com]

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Acute Coronary Syndrome

Anxiety is one of the established risk factors for sudden cardiac death. [scielo.isciii.es]

[…] sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic activity – with a higher risk of sudden cardiac death in the presence of MI. 3, 4, 22 UA patients also may have an increased risk [dovepress.com]

The presence of T-wave axis deviation was found to increase the risk of cardiac death (HR 3.9), sudden death (HR 4.4), and nonfatal cardiac events (HR 2.7) (66). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

The most well-known prokinetic drug is cisapride, widely prescribed until 2000, when it was withdrawn due to cardiac toxicity which increased the risk of sudden death [97] [intechopen.com]

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Obesity

There is also an increased risk of sudden cardiac death in obesity. [dx.doi.org]

[…] of cardiac dysfunction, 122,123 and the risk of sudden cardiac death with increasing weight is seen in both genders. 92 In the Framingham study, the annual sudden cardiac [dx.doi.org]

[…] morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation. 121 Arrythmias Weight-stable obese subjects have an increased risk of arrhythmias and sudden death, even in the absence [dx.doi.org]

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Long QT Syndrome 13

risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). [acc.org]

In addition, they demonstrated that both prolonged QTc interval and shortened RR interval are associated with the increased risk of sudden cardiac death [3,12]. [file.scirp.org]

Abnormal cardiac repolarization renders the heart susceptible to these lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias, increasing the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients of all [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Syncope

risk for sudden cardiac death. [healio.com]

It can increase the risk of sudden cardiac death. People suspected of having cardiac syncope but who don't have serious medical conditions may be managed as outpatients. [heart.org]

There are many different causes of syncope and an important task of the pediatrician is to differentiate the benign types of syncope from those that are associated with increased [healio.com]

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Dysthymic Disorder

“When fatal CHD was further categorized into sudden cardiac death and non-sudden cardiac death, the excess risk was confined to sudden and was 6.08 times with a 95% confidence [orthomolecular.org]

His earlier article stresses anxiety and panic disorders and an increased risk of CHD. [orthomolecular.org]

In his most recent article, 40 coronary heart disease (CHD) was increased from 2.45 to 3.77 times due to anxiety. [orthomolecular.org]

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COVID-19

risk and how to ultimately minimize the chance of drug-induced sudden cardiac death. [sciencedaily.com]

In a large cohort study, patients taking a five-day course of azithromycin had an increased risk of sudden cardiac death with a hazard ratio of 2.71 (1.58-4.64) vs. 0.85 [idsociety.org]

Patients with a dangerously prolonged QTc are at increased risk for potentially life-threatening ventricular rhythm abnormalities that can culminate in sudden cardiac death [sciencedaily.com]

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Gastritis

cardiac deaths, every increment of 30 units in Pollutant Standards Index correlated with an 8% increased risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on the day of exposure.[55 [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] to air pollution such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide (but not ozone) have been associated with MI and other acute cardiovascular events.[54] For sudden [en.wikipedia.org]

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Premature Ventricular Contraction

risk of sudden cardiac death and death from any cause. [escardio.org]

In conclusion, findings from observational studies in general populations indicate that frequent VPCs are associated with a substantial increase in the risk for sudden cardiac [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. (2,3)Other studies such as MRFIT (4) and data from the Framingham Heart Study (5), have linked the frequent occurrence of PVCs with an increased [escardio.org]

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Long QT Syndrome 8

Abstract Prolongation of the Q-T interval is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death (1), whether idiopathic (2), secondary to drugs and electrolyte imbalance [annals.org]

risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). [acc.org]

Drug-induced QT prolongation Secondary (drug-induced) QT prolongation may also increase the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (eg, torsade de pointes) and sudden cardiac [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Long QT Syndrome 6

In addition, they demonstrated that both prolonged QTc interval and shortened RR interval are associated with the increased risk of sudden cardiac death [3,12]. [file.scirp.org]

risk of torsades de pointes and sudden cardiac death. [lifeinthefastlane.com]

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Cardiogenic Syncope

It can increase the risk of sudden cardiac death. People suspected of having cardiac syncope but who don't have serious medical conditions may be managed as outpatients. [heart.org]

Brugada Syndrome Brugada syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by abnormal ECG findings, tachyarrhythmias and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. [emsworld.com]

death What is cardiac syncope? [heart.org]

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