Re: Sudden Cardiac Death - Arrythmia

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This article:

"Identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death and identifying the treatments most apt to save lives are essential."

HOW?

"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. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia.

WHAT symptoms?

[ ] Sudden Cardiac Death - Arrythmia

Hi folks:We are all aware of the consequences of the 'clogged arteries' version of heart disease, and that risk factors for this problem are enormously improved by CRON. But another form of heart problem, less discussed here, is 'arryhthmia'. I remember JW posted some stuff about this here a while ago. At the time, given that we don't hear much about it, I assumed it was a comparatively rare occurrance. The following, if accurate, suggests it may not be:"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 symptoms first appear. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia."What is more:"Identifying Patients Who Will Benefit From These Treatments Is Difficult."Patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death are hard to identify. Targeting the patients who can benefit from these specific therapies aimed at cardiac arrhythmias is difficult. Researchers evaluated the possibility of distinguishing patients at risk for sudden vs. nonsudden death using clinical characteristics (obtained from administrative data and chart reviews). Unfortunately, they were not able to identify significant differences between the two groups. They concluded that standard clinical evaluation is much better at predicting the overall risk of death than at predicting whether it will be sudden or nonsudden."Source: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/suddcard.htmSo. Do we have information about the effects, if any, of CR on sudden cardiac death? Or is this a type of heart problem to which we should be paying close attention?Rodney.

[Guest guest]

This article:

"Identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death and identifying the treatments most apt to save lives are essential."

HOW?

"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. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia.

WHAT symptoms?

[ ] Sudden Cardiac Death - Arrythmia

Hi folks:We are all aware of the consequences of the 'clogged arteries' version of heart disease, and that risk factors for this problem are enormously improved by CRON. But another form of heart problem, less discussed here, is 'arryhthmia'. I remember JW posted some stuff about this here a while ago. At the time, given that we don't hear much about it, I assumed it was a comparatively rare occurrance. The following, if accurate, suggests it may not be:"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 symptoms first appear. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia."What is more:"Identifying Patients Who Will Benefit From These Treatments Is Difficult."Patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death are hard to identify. Targeting the patients who can benefit from these specific therapies aimed at cardiac arrhythmias is difficult. Researchers evaluated the possibility of distinguishing patients at risk for sudden vs. nonsudden death using clinical characteristics (obtained from administrative data and chart reviews). Unfortunately, they were not able to identify significant differences between the two groups. They concluded that standard clinical evaluation is much better at predicting the overall risk of death than at predicting whether it will be sudden or nonsudden."Source: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/suddcard.htmSo. Do we have information about the effects, if any, of CR on sudden cardiac death? Or is this a type of heart problem to which we should be paying close attention?Rodney.

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[ ] Sudden Cardiac Death - Arrythmia

Hi folks:We are all aware of the consequences of the 'clogged arteries' version of heart disease, and that risk factors for this problem are enormously improved by CRON. But another form of heart problem, less discussed here, is 'arryhthmia'. I remember JW posted some stuff about this here a while ago. At the time, given that we don't hear much about it, I assumed it was a comparatively rare occurrance. The following, if accurate, suggests it may not be:"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 symptoms first appear. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia."What is more:"Identifying Patients Who Will Benefit From These Treatments Is Difficult."Patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death are hard to identify. Targeting the patients who can benefit from these specific therapies aimed at cardiac arrhythmias is difficult. Researchers evaluated the possibility of distinguishing patients at risk for sudden vs. nonsudden death using clinical characteristics (obtained from administrative data and chart reviews). Unfortunately, they were not able to identify significant differences between the two groups. They concluded that standard clinical evaluation is much better at predicting the overall risk of death than at predicting whether it will be sudden or nonsudden."Source: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/suddcard.htmSo. Do we have information about the effects, if any, of CR on sudden cardiac death? Or is this a type of heart problem to which we should be paying close attention?Rodney.

[Guest guest]

[ ] Sudden Cardiac Death - Arrythmia

Hi folks:We are all aware of the consequences of the 'clogged arteries' version of heart disease, and that risk factors for this problem are enormously improved by CRON. But another form of heart problem, less discussed here, is 'arryhthmia'. I remember JW posted some stuff about this here a while ago. At the time, given that we don't hear much about it, I assumed it was a comparatively rare occurrance. The following, if accurate, suggests it may not be:"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 symptoms first appear. Sudden cardiac deaths, in turn, are often linked to ventricular arrhythmia."What is more:"Identifying Patients Who Will Benefit From These Treatments Is Difficult."Patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death are hard to identify. Targeting the patients who can benefit from these specific therapies aimed at cardiac arrhythmias is difficult. Researchers evaluated the possibility of distinguishing patients at risk for sudden vs. nonsudden death using clinical characteristics (obtained from administrative data and chart reviews). Unfortunately, they were not able to identify significant differences between the two groups. They concluded that standard clinical evaluation is much better at predicting the overall risk of death than at predicting whether it will be sudden or nonsudden."Source: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/suddcard.htmSo. Do we have information about the effects, if any, of CR on sudden cardiac death? Or is this a type of heart problem to which we should be paying close attention?Rodney.