January 4, 2023 — Millions watched as Buffalo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, 24, collapsed in cardiac arrest during an NFL game with the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. It was shocking for players ...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
This channel includes news and new technology innovations about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which is also called sudden cardiac death (SCD). SCA occured when the heart suddenly ceases all electrical activity needed to keep the heart beating. Read more about the the condition from the Heart Rhythm Society. It is estimated that more than 400,000 people in the U.S. have out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation by administering an electric shock to the heart to restore its rhythm to normal are the only treatments that have been shown to improve survival after a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is fatal in over 80 percent of cases.
April 6, 2023 — Atrial fibrillation (AFib) not only causes shortness of breath and palpitations but puts patients at ...
March 31, 2023 — In a study among residents of Ventura County, Calif., rates of sudden cardiac arrest rose sharply ...
March 20, 2023 — University of Utah Health scientists have corrected abnormal heart rhythms in mice by restoring healthy ...
Pre-participation physical evaluations (PPEs) are a standard requirement for many school-aged athletes to participate in competitive sports. One purpose of the PPE is to check for any underlying cardiovascular abnormalities that could put an athlete at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which is the number one medical cause of death in young athletes.
February 17, 2023 — Medtronic plc has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for the Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan ...
January 30, 2023 — Two novel research studies from Cedars-Sinai move the needle on predicting two important heart ...
January 4, 2023 — Millions watched as Buffalo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, 24, collapsed in cardiac arrest during an NFL ...
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes and its impact is consistent worldwide. Most professional athletes in the United States are required to take part in comprehensive cardiovascular screening programs to identify often-asymptomatic congenital or inherited heart disorders, and other cardiac risk factors. There remains a debate however, whether to mandate ECGs as part of pre-participation screening programs for student athletes at the collegiate and high school levels or even at younger ages.
January 4, 2023 — While playing in the Buffalo Bills - Cincinnati Bengals game on Monday Night Football on January 2 ...
October 27, 2022 — Elite young athletes are set to benefit from a novel screening tool with the potential to change ...
October 13, 2022 — Zach Williams thought he’d become a cancer researcher when he joined Virginia Tech’s Translational ...
September 9, 2022 — The probability of surviving sudden cardiac arrest outside hospital has more than doubled in 30 ...
September 2, 2022 — A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac ...
September 1, 2022 — A target blood pressure of 77 mmHg provides no benefit to survival or neurological outcome in ...
August 26, 2022 — Researchers in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to identifying patients ...

Arrhythmias can be described as irregular heart rhythms that are brought on by numerous factors, including heart damage ...
August 8, 2022 — Two years ago, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers and colleagues reported that reductive ...