Sudden Cardiac Death not Related to Coronary Atherosclerosis

Ladich, Elena; Virmani, Renu; Burke, Allen

doi:10.1080/01926230500519824

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“…Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the leading causes of death in all industrialized countries, with a survival index below 5% in Western Europe. Nearly 80% of these deaths are caused by malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmia, such as ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation induced by intense ischemic events, in particular as a consequence of myocardial infarction (Arzamendi et al, ; Ladich, Virmani, & Burke, ). Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are heart monitors that are placed under the skin.…”

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“Hosting” an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A phenomenological inquiry

Garrino¹,

Borraccino²,

Peraudo³

et al. 2017

Research in Nursing & Health

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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can reduce unexpected cardiac mortality, but they also have a dramatic impact on a patient's quality of life. We aimed to explore ICD recipients' experiences in order to foster improvements in the quality of care.Analyses were done using a descriptive phenomenological method, based on qualitative interview data from a purposive sample of 20 ICD recipients. Four main themes emerged: living with fear; relying on technology; knowing about the ICD and how to live with it; and coping with the effects of the ICD on daily life. ICD recipients lived in a constant state of fear due to the presence of the device and the uncertainty related to the potential electrical shocks it could deliver. This fear was compounded by changes that severely affected the quality of their daily life. ICD recipients felt they were always on the brink of death, and that although they received sufficient technical information they did not feel they received meaningful information to help them accept, live with, and cope with the device. Emotional information and support, rather than technical information, must be provided to ICD recipients to give them the ability to cope with the everyday threats they perceive because of the device. Qualitative evidence may help professionals tackle known threats to patients' quality of life and increase the quality of care. K E Y W O R D Simplantable cardioverter defibrillator, patients' lived experience, phenomenological approach, qualitative methodology

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confidence: 99%

“Hosting” an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A phenomenological inquiry

Garrino¹,

Borraccino²,

Peraudo³

et al. 2017

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…The main aim of the autopsy pathologist is to reason out the most appropriate cause of the death and to see possibility of toxic drugs and other unnatural deaths. [5] Most of the literature [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] reveals cardiovascular diseases as the common cause. Sequential autopsy examination in sudden death investigation was suggested by Sheppard et al The first step is to consider natural death, followed by exclusion of noncardiac natural death-like hemorrhage.…”

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Autopsy review of sudden deaths in a tertiary hospital of northeastern India

et al. 2014

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Background: World Health Organization (WHO) defi nes sudden death as "deaths within 24 hours from the onset of the symptoms". It is also defi ned as death which is sudden, unexpected, clinically unexplained, or otherwise obscure even though there needs to be no unnatural element in their causation. This study was taken up to analyze histopathologically the possible cause of sudden deaths. Aims: To study the different histomorphological profi le of sudden deaths in the autopsy/postmortem specimens received in the Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. Materials and Methods: A review of all autopsies/postmortem of sudden deaths performed between 1 st January 2000 and 31 st December 2013 at Department of Pathology, RIMS, were done. Results: A total of 120 cases were autopsied for sudden deaths during the study period. The age ranged from 17 to 70 years with male predominance. Maximum deaths occurred in the age group between 31 and 35 years and males were affected more than females. The cause of deaths in 67 cases (55.83%) were attributed to cardiac causes, the most common cause being coronary artery disease and the remaining 53 cases (44.17%) were due to noncardiac causes. Conclusion: It is found that sudden deaths are most commonly found in young adults (31-35 years) and most of them are attributed to a cardiac cause. This study highlights the serious health concern in our society and a necessity to create awareness among the population at risk so that sudden deaths can be averted and life expectancy can be improved.

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“…We may have included a few patients with other causes of cardiac arrest like pulmonary embolism, dissection, etc. However, these patients represented a very small percentage since the literature review revealed that the predominant cause of sudden cardiac arrest is coronary disease 20 22. We have used criteria known to be associated with acute myocardial infarction and excluded other evident causes of cardiac arrest.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%