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	Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function (i.e.
		In 50% of these individuals sudden death was the first manifestation of the disease, and in 50% sudden death was precipitated by effort.
		report that sudden unexpected death has been associated with low or undetectable concentrations of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy, suggesting that a sudden fall in plasma levels of these drugs might be a critical factor for the occurrence of these sudden deaths.
	www.musc.edu /bmt737/Spr_1999/pam (4310 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death: Defibrillators Are the Best Prevention
		According to researchers, sudden cardiac death accounts for about 50% of all heart-related deaths and remains a considerable threat even though the overall number of deaths due to heart disease is declining.
		In fact, sudden cardiac death is on the rise among certain groups, such as women between the ages of 35 and 44.
		Although the study found ICDs were equally effective in preventing sudden cardiac death in people who had never suffered cardiac arrest and those who had survived a previous episode, researchers say their impact in preventing death depended on the degree of risk each individual faced.
	my.webmd.com /content/article/62/71626.htm (567 words)

	Fish Consumption and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Deaths that occurred within 1 hour of the onset of symptoms were also classified as coronary heart disease deaths unless there was evidence to the contrary, because these deaths are primarily due to coronary heart disease in autopsy series.
		Sudden death was defined as death within 1 hour of symptom onset, a witnessed cardiac arrest, or both, or abrupt collapse not preceded by more than 1 hour of symptoms that precipitated the terminal event.
		Unwitnessed deaths with no information on timing but with an autopsy consistent with arrhythmic cardiac death (ie, acute coronary thrombosis or severe coronary artery disease without myocardial necrosis or other pathologic findings to explain death) were considered possible sudden cardiac deaths, and the analysis was performed both including and excluding these deaths.
	www.junkscience.com /news/eatfish1.htm (4695 words)

	Postgraduate Medicine: Sudden cardiac death in young athletes
		Physicians involved in the care of athletes play the dominant role in prevention of sudden cardiac death and should be familiar with its various causes and the current recommendations for screening of athletes before their participation in sports.
		Sudden cardiac death in an athlete has been defined as nontraumatic and unexpected sudden cardiac arrest that occurs within 6 hours of a previously normal state of health (1).
		Although sudden cardiac death in young athletes is most often associated with congenital heart disease, the cardiovascular risk to athletes playing either organized or recreational sports includes cardiac arrest resulting from direct, nonpenetrating trauma to the chest wall.
	www.postgradmed.com /issues/2000/10_00/drezner.htm (4760 words)

	WOWT \| Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden cardiac death is sudden, unexpected death from an electrical problem in the heart.
		Researchers estimate sudden cardiac death causes 300,000 deaths every year in the U.S. It is more common in men than in women and in people over 35.
		Sudden cardiac death in professional athletes is still a relatively rare occurrence.
	www.wowt.com /news/features/2/1492407.html (707 words)

	Heart Attack Survivors - Defibrillators and Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden cardiac death is not the same as a heart attack
		Sudden cardiac death is a disorder of the heart's electrical system.
		Sudden cardiac death can also occur, without warning, to those with no prior signs of heart disease.
	www.guidant.com /webapp/emarketing/compass/comp.jsp?lev1=madit_patient&lev2=faq (580 words)

	From The Cleveland Clinic: Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden cardiac death is a sudden, unexpected death caused by loss of heart function.
		Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) occurs most frequently in adults in their mid-30s to mid-40s, and affects men twice as often as it does women.
		SCD is rare in children, affecting only 1 or 2 for every 100,000 children each year.
	www.webmd.com /content/pages/9/1675_57789.htm (1000 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death
		SCD is the largest cause of natural death in the United States, causing about 325,000 adult deaths in the United States each year.
		SCD is responsible for half of all heart disease deaths.
		SCD occurs most frequently in adults in their mid-30s to mid-40s, and affects men twice as often as it does women.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /health/health-info/docs/2400/2454.asp?index=9519 (1564 words)

	eMedicine - Sudden Cardiac Death : Article by Krishna C Malineni, MD
		In survivors of cardiac arrest, coronary heart disease with vessels showing greater than 75% stenosis is observed in 40-86% of patients, depending on the age and sex of the population studied.
		Davies MJ, Thomas A: Thrombosis and acute coronary-artery lesions in sudden cardiac ischemic death.
		Myerburg RJ, Kessler KM, Castellanos A: Sudden cardiac death.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic276.htm (8306 words)

	Genetics of Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden Cardiac Death is an unexpected death as a result of a heart related complication; this can happen to an individual with or without known pre-existing heart disease.
		Roughly 250,000 sudden cardiac deaths occur each year in the United States, and approximately half of all deaths from coronary heart disease are sudden and unexpected.
		Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart's output is absent or inadequate, followed by circulatory collapse.
	www.miamiheartresearch.org /Projects/Genetics/Genetics.htm (845 words)

	CDC Reports Sudden Cardiac Death Nation's #1 Killer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sudden Cardiac Death is not a "heart attack" or myocardial infarction caused by clogged arteries.
		This results in cerebral edema, cardiac congestion and pulmonary edema in combination with severe potassium wastage which is a sure ticket to sudden death, especially in the face of the many damages inflicted by aspartame.
		The Atlanta Journal Constitution on 9/11 wrote: "Sudden death in high school athletes is a topic that has received a lot of attention recently." It mentioned some children have serious heart conditions that have not been diagnosed.
	www.rense.com /general44/killer.htm (2550 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death: Raising awareness of cardiac abnormalities which can lead to sudden cardiac death
		Sudden Cardiac Death is an umbrella term used for the many different causes of cardiac arrest in young people.
		Cardiac Risk in the Young provides medical information on the most common causes of unexpected sudden cardiac death in the young (under 35).
		CRY is also supporting medical research into sudden cardiac death and sudden death syndrome and offering counsel and support to families affected by sudden cardiac death.
	www.c-r-y.org.uk /Sudden_Cardiac_Death.htm (287 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden death from cardiac arrest is a major health problem that's received much less publicity than heart attack.
		Sudden cardiac death (also called sudden arrest) is death resulting from an abrupt loss of heart function (cardiac arrest).
		Cardiac arrest is reversible in most victims if it's treated within a few minutes with an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.
	www.americanheart.org /presenter.jhtml?identifier=4741 (628 words)

	Abnormal Heart Rhythm: Sudden Cardiac Death
		Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a sudden, unexpected death caused by loss of heart function (sudden cardiac arrest).
		SCD occurs most frequently in adults in their mid-30s to mid- 40s, and affects men twice as often as it does women.
		Coronary artery disease (80 percent of SCD cases are linked with this disease) -- Risk factors for coronary artery disease include smoking, family history of cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol or an enlarged heart.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/electric/scd.htm (2231 words)

	Statistics for cardiac abnormalities, sudden cardiac death, sudden death syndrome
		It is estimated, approximately 80% of all non-traumatic sudden deaths in young competitive athletes are due to inherited/ congenital structural or functional cardiovascular abnormalities.
		One pathologist, Gaetano Thiene, resolutely collated all statistical data on sudden death in young people in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, and as a result of his research he discovered that cardiovascular screening was effective in identifying individuals at risk.
		Sudden death is defined as unexpected death occurring as a result of natural causes in which loss of all functions occurred instantaneously or within six hours of the onset of symptoms or collapse.
	www.c-r-y.org.uk /statistics.htm (494 words)

	Cardiac Death, Sudden
		Cardiac hypertrophy is a risk factor for sudden death.
		Cardiac muscle cells of the heart showing striations and intercalated discs.
		Animation showing the mechanism of cardiac conduction and contraction in normal sinus rhythm along with the associated EKG tr...
	www.indexedvisuals.com /html/Search/CardiacDeathSudden.htm (211 words)

	Treatment to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death: Clinical Highlights
		A quarter of all deaths in the United States—about a thousand deaths a day—are sudden cardiac deaths, which are unexpected and occur within an hour of the time that symptoms first appear.
		It is extremely important to identify patients at risk for sudden (as opposed to nonsudden) cardiac death with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity.
		Deaths from sudden cardiac death can be lowered by preventing the specific heart rhythm disturbances (ventricular arrhythmias) associated with it.
	www.ahrq.gov /clinic/suddcard.htm (1405 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette \| October 27, 2003
		This is to be distinguished from a heart attack or myocardial infarction, which results from a cessation of blood flow to a region of the heart resulting in the localized destruction of heart cells and replacement with scar tissue.
		Such was the case of the three physicians that Johns Hopkins lost to sudden cardiac death in 2002: David Nagey, 51, and Rick Montz, 47, both with the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Jeffery Williams, 50, a neurosurgeon.
		Tomaselli said that in the majority of victims of sudden cardiac death, major coronary arteries are narrowed by fatty buildups, which deprive the heart of oxygen.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2003/27oct03/27sudden.html (1021 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death (Cardiac Arrest)
		Sudden cardiac death (SCD), also called cardiac arrest, is used to describe a situation in which the heart abruptly and without warning stops working, so no blood can be pumped to the rest of the body.
		SCD often occurs in active, outwardly healthy people with no known heart disease or other health problems.
		Finally, for some patients, preventing sudden cardiac death means controlling or stopping the abnormal heart rhythms that may trigger ventricular fibrillation.
	www.hrspatients.org /patients/heart_disorders/cardiac_arrest (1200 words)

	SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH AND ASPARTAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		SCD is a catastrophe in which the heart stops abruptly without warning.
		One article on Cardiomyopathy and Its Relation to Exercise: Sudden Death in Athletes www-unix.oit.umass.edu/`excs597k/carpender/sdathletes.htm says: "According to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta 100,000 young athletes die each year from all cardio-vascular disorders, including cardiomyopathy, as a result of participation in sports.
		My article on aspartame and sudden death gives a good foundation for understanding the condition your heart and cardiac conduction system are left in if you consume aspartame.
	thewnho.tripod.com /scdandaspartame.htm (6222 words)

	CHIN: "Questions and Answers with Stuart Berger, M.D."
		Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected, sudden cardiac event that leads to death.
		It is most likely to occur in a patient with an underlying cardiac abnormality, whether known or not, and is usually caused by an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia).
		I always had the impression that sudden death was not a problem for CHD patients.
	www.tchin.org /resource_room/c_art_21_.htm (1669 words)

	Cardiac Arrest - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline:
		Cardiac arrest refers to a sudden disturbance in the heart’s rhythm.
		Cardiac arrest must be treated immediately to avoid sudden cardiac death (death that results from cardiac arrest).
		Although cardiac arrest often strikes without warning, the event rarely takes place in a normal heart unless other factors (e.g., recreational drug use, trauma) are present.
	heart.healthcentersonline.com /cardiacarrest/cardiacarrest.cfm (475 words)

	Aspartame, Excitotoxins, MSG & Sudden Cardiac Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An alarming number of these deaths are occurring in young athletes, both in high schools, colleges, as well as among professional athletes.
		Previously, it was thought that excitotoxin food additives, such as monosodium glutamate and aspartic acid in aspartame, cause their damage in the cardiovascular centers in the brain stem and/or by over stimulating sympathetic centers in the hypothalamus of the brain.
		Because they are more likely to also have coronary artery disease and other medical conditions, their risk of sudden cardiac death is even higher.
	www.rense.com /general63/sudden.htm (728 words)

	Ephedrine and unheralded sudden cardiac death
		In some cases, the victims of these unheralded sudden cardiac deaths had been taking dietary supplements containing ephedrine.
		In a new study in the Oct. 26, 2004 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers show how ephedrine can cause sudden cardiac death in an animal model of asymptomatic heart disease.
		Death can be the first symptom people with ischemic heart disease experience," Dr. Adamson said.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-10/ama-eau100804.php (583 words)

	Sudden Cardiac Death
		One of the sobering facts is that even though deaths from heart disease have declined in the last decade, the percentage of deaths from unexplained cardiac death has actually increased.
		He explains that the next step will be careful and controlled small animal laboratory studies which may point the way toward gene therapy or genetic engineering that could have application to humans in the future.
		Chugh says the study in Multnomah County is like looking at cardiac death through a microscope.
	www.ohsu.edu /heart/articles/lagrande04.htm (423 words)

	Anger Can Provoke Sudden Cardiac Death
		The unpredictable nature of these arrhythmias has posed a major challenge in preventing sudden cardiac death, writes researcher Willem J. Kop, PhD, with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md.
		In recent years, however, doctors have been able to more clearly identify people who are at risk for these arrhythmias -- as well as the activities that can trigger sudden cardiac death.
		For example, researchers have identified an abnormal heart rate pattern called T-wave alternans (TWA) that are proving to be a new marker of heart rhythm instability that precedes potentially dangerous arrhythmias.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/84/98077.htm (530 words)

	Amazon.com: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community.: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Provides a comprehensive overview of the problem of sudden cardiac death.
		Customers interested in Sudden Cardiac Death in the Community.
		Study shows ICDs reduce risk of death from Sudden Cardiac Death
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0275914283?v=glance (350 words)

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