Any of us could suffer a nonfatal cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest is not limited to patients with heart disease. Even athletes could have a sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest. We must be prepared as society (external defibrillators and CRP) but also as cardiologists (to perform the correct studies).

In this interview, Manlio Marquez, MD, FACC and Jeroen J. Bax PhD, MD, FACC, with Zain Ul Abideen Asad MD, discuss how one should perform an investigation of a survivor of sudden cardiac arrest.

Related References:

1. Subbiah R, Gula LJ, Klein GJ, Skanes AC, White J, Yee R, Krahn AD. Workup of the cardiac arrest survivor: for the symposium on sudden cardiac death for progress in cardiovascular diseases. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2008 Nov-Dec;51(3):195-203. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2008.08.004. PMID: 19026854. Sudden Unexplained Cardiac Arrest and Death: How Do I Evaluate the Patient and Family?

Clinical Topics: Arrhythmias and Clinical EP, Implantable Devices, SCD/Ventricular Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation/Supraventricular Arrhythmias

Keywords: ACCELLite, Electrophysiology, Death, Sudden

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