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Prospective study questions size of gender gap in sudden cardiac death.(Clinical Rounds)
ATLANTA -- The gender gap in sudden cardiac death may not be as large as previously believed, a prospective community-based study suggests.
Women comprised 43% of the 353 sudden cardiac deaths in a large Oregon community from February 2002 through January 2003, according to data from the Oregon Sudden Unexplained Death Study.
The study used data from emergency medical services, the medical examiner, and 16 area hospitals to evaluate sudden death among the more than 660,000 residents of Multnomah County, which includes the city of Portland. The incidence of sudden cardiac death in the community was 53 per ...
- New sudden cardiac death database to save lives.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire November 7, 2008 700+ words
...2008-UK Government: New sudden cardiac death database to save lives...the incidence and causes of sudden cardiac death and save the lives of people...conditions that can cause sudden cardiac death. Sudden cardiac death can...
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. Stonely, Dorothy January 1, 2006 700+ words
Sudden Cardiac Death Definition Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected death due to heart problems...breathing ceases, a person is said to have experienced sudden cardiac death. SCD is not the same as actual death. In actual death...
- IMPORTANT ANTIARRHYTHMIA TRIAL FOR INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUG TO PREVENT SUDDEN...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 25, 1994 700+ words
...investigational antiarrhythmic drug in preventing sudden cardiac death. Approximately 6,400 myocardial infarction...titled "Prophylactic Therapy to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death.". Sudden cardiac death, the abrupt loss of heart function due...
- Medtronic Statement Regarding the Clinical Benefits of ICD Therapy and the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 30, 2006 700+ words
...rapid heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). Physicians in the United States...through research including the landmark Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT...
- European Trial Shows Greater Efficacy of Dual Chamber Implantable...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 16, 2006 700+ words
...hundreds of thousands of patients at risk of sudden cardiac death worldwide every year.(1)(2)(3...compared to SC ICDs in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.(1) Sudden cardiac death is the single most frequent cause of death...
- High anxiety is linked to sudden cardiac death.
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Abben, Richard P. July 21, 1997 700+ words
...levels are strongly linked to sudden cardiac death. The studies, reported...more likely to fall prey to sudden cardiac death than are men of calmer disposition...than the increased risk of sudden cardiac death from smoking. A third study...
- New findings reported from University of California, Department of Medicine...
- Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly September 7, 2008 700+ words
...factor-ss1 as a risk stratifier of sudden cardiac death' have been presented. "Sudden cardiac death prematurely claims the lives of some...Medical Hypotheses report (see also Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Factors). "Implantable cardioverter...
- Findings from INSERM provide new insights into sudden cardiac death risk...
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 29, 2009 700+ words
...of those at high risk for sudden cardiac death. We tested the hypothesis...between subjects who suffered sudden cardiac death (n=81), non-sudden...10.8 b.p.m. Risk of sudden cardiac death increased progressively with...
