Chiranjivi Hriday HCFI PHM Consensus: Campaign 35 for sudden cardiac death

India

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New Delhi, October 28, 2019 :

• The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in patients younger than 35 years with structurally normal heart is a fatal arrhythmia.
• In athletes younger than 35 years of age, structural heart disease (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, anomalous origin of a coronary artery, arrhythmogenic right/left ventricular cardiomyopathy) is a common cause of sudden cardiac death.
• Nonpreserved ejection fraction (EF) systolic heart failure (EF less than 35%) is a common cause of sudden cardiac arrest.
• First-degree relatives of young sudden cardiac death victims, particularly those younger than 35, should be screened.
• Consider ICD (Internal ICU or internal cardiac shock machine) in all patients with left heart pumping less than 35%.

• In sudden cardiac death continue excellent chest compression for up to 35 minutes as needed.

Auhtor : Dr K K Aggarwal , Padma Shri Awardee