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Cardiac Death

MedGen UID:
91217
•Concept ID:
C0376297
•
Pathologic Function
Synonym: Death, Cardiac

Definition

The cessation of life due to heart abnormalities or disease. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCardiac Death

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Embolism.
Trott T, Bowman J
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2022 Aug;40(3):565-581. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.05.008. PMID: 35953217
EHRA expert consensus statement on arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse and mitral annular disjunction complex in collaboration with the ESC Council on valvular heart disease and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging endorsed cby the Heart Rhythm Society, by the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and by the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society.
Sabbag A, Essayagh B, Barrera JDR, Basso C, Berni A, Cosyns B, Deharo JC, Deneke T, Di Biase L, Enriquez-Sarano M, Donal E, Imai K, Lim HS, Marsan NA, Turagam MK, Peichl P, Po SS, Haugaa KH, Shah D, de Riva Silva M, Bertrand P, Saba M, Dweck M, Townsend SN, Ngarmukos T, Fenelon G, Santangeli P, Sade LE, Corrado D, Lambiase P, Sanders P, Delacrétaz E, Jahangir A, Kaufman ES, Saggu DK, Pierard L, Delgado V, Lancellotti P
Europace 2022 Dec 9;24(12):1981-2003. doi: 10.1093/europace/euac125. PMID: 35951656
Cardiac sarcoidosis: diagnosis and management.
Markatis E, Afthinos A, Antonakis E, Papanikolaou IC
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2020 Sep 30;21(3):321-338. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm.2020.03.102. PMID: 33070538

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Finocchiaro G, Westaby J, Sheppard MN, Papadakis M, Sharma S
J Am Coll Cardiol 2024 Jan 16;83(2):350-370. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.032. PMID: 38199713
Incidence and Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
Harmon KG
Clin Sports Med 2022 Jul;41(3):369-388. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.02.002. PMID: 35710267
Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management.
Kumar A, Avishay DM, Jones CR, Shaikh JD, Kaur R, Aljadah M, Kichloo A, Shiwalkar N, Keshavamurthy S
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2021 Mar 30;22(1):147-158. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.207. PMID: 33792256
Epidemiology of Sudden Cardiac Death: Global and Regional Perspectives.
Wong CX, Brown A, Lau DH, Chugh SS, Albert CM, Kalman JM, Sanders P
Heart Lung Circ 2019 Jan;28(1):6-14. Epub 2018 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.08.026. PMID: 30482683
Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
Emery MS, Kovacs RJ
JACC Heart Fail 2018 Jan;6(1):30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.07.014. PMID: 29284578

Diagnosis

Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Finocchiaro G, Westaby J, Sheppard MN, Papadakis M, Sharma S
J Am Coll Cardiol 2024 Jan 16;83(2):350-370. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.032. PMID: 38199713
Spotlight on the 2022 ESC guideline management of ventricular arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death: 10 novel key aspects.
Könemann H, Dagres N, Merino JL, Sticherling C, Zeppenfeld K, Tfelt-Hansen J, Eckardt L
Europace 2023 May 19;25(5) doi: 10.1093/europace/euad091. PMID: 37102266Free PMC Article
CONGENITAL LONG QT SYNDROME: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.
Galić E, Bešlić P, Kilić P, Planinić Z, Pašalić A, Galić I, Ćubela VV, Pekić P
Acta Clin Croat 2021 Dec;60(4):739-748. doi: 10.20471/acc.2021.60.04.22. PMID: 35734489Free PMC Article
A Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death among Children and Young Adults.
Bagnall RD, Weintraub RG, Ingles J, Duflou J, Yeates L, Lam L, Davis AM, Thompson T, Connell V, Wallace J, Naylor C, Crawford J, Love DR, Hallam L, White J, Lawrence C, Lynch M, Morgan N, James P, du Sart D, Puranik R, Langlois N, Vohra J, Winship I, Atherton J, McGaughran J, Skinner JR, Semsarian C
N Engl J Med 2016 Jun 23;374(25):2441-52. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510687. PMID: 27332903
Sudden cardiac death.
Rabinstein AA
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;119:19-24. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-4086-3.00002-3. PMID: 24365285

Therapy

Association of SGLT2 inhibitors with arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in patients with type 2 diabetes or heart failure: A meta-analysis of 34 randomized controlled trials.
Fernandes GC, Fernandes A, Cardoso R, Penalver J, Knijnik L, Mitrani RD, Myerburg RJ, Goldberger JJ
Heart Rhythm 2021 Jul;18(7):1098-1105. Epub 2021 Mar 20 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.03.028. PMID: 33757845
The role of amantadine in cognitive recovery early after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review.
Loggini A, Tangonan R, El Ammar F, Mansour A, Goldenberg FD, Kramer CL, Lazaridis C
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2020 Jul;194:105815. Epub 2020 Mar 21 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105815. PMID: 32244036
Uric Acid and Hypertension: An Update With Recommendations.
Sanchez-Lozada LG, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Kelley EE, Nakagawa T, Madero M, Feig DI, Borghi C, Piani F, Cara-Fuentes G, Bjornstad P, Lanaspa MA, Johnson RJ
Am J Hypertens 2020 Jul 18;33(7):583-594. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa044. PMID: 32179896Free PMC Article
Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients.
Bradt J, Dileo C, Potvin N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Dec 28;2013(12):CD006577. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006577.pub3. PMID: 24374731Free PMC Article
Effects of enalapril on mortality in severe congestive heart failure. Results of the Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study (CONSENSUS).
CONSENSUS Trial Study Group
N Engl J Med 1987 Jun 4;316(23):1429-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198706043162301. PMID: 2883575

Prognosis

Sudden Cardiac Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Adamczak DM, Oko-Sarnowska Z
Cardiol Rev 2018 May/Jun;26(3):145-151. doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000184. PMID: 29621050
Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
Emery MS, Kovacs RJ
JACC Heart Fail 2018 Jan;6(1):30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.07.014. PMID: 29284578
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Porzer M, Mrazkova E, Homza M, Janout V
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2017 Dec;161(4):348-353. Epub 2017 Dec 13 doi: 10.5507/bp.2017.054. PMID: 29235577
A Prospective Study of Sudden Cardiac Death among Children and Young Adults.
Bagnall RD, Weintraub RG, Ingles J, Duflou J, Yeates L, Lam L, Davis AM, Thompson T, Connell V, Wallace J, Naylor C, Crawford J, Love DR, Hallam L, White J, Lawrence C, Lynch M, Morgan N, James P, du Sart D, Puranik R, Langlois N, Vohra J, Winship I, Atherton J, McGaughran J, Skinner JR, Semsarian C
N Engl J Med 2016 Jun 23;374(25):2441-52. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510687. PMID: 27332903
Association between sauna bathing and fatal cardiovascular and all-cause mortality events.
Laukkanen T, Khan H, Zaccardi F, Laukkanen JA
JAMA Intern Med 2015 Apr;175(4):542-8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8187. PMID: 25705824

Clinical prediction guides

Cardiac MRI to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death Risk in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
Li Y, Xu Y, Li W, Guo J, Wan K, Wang J, Xu Z, Han Y, Sun J, Chen Y
Radiology 2023 May;307(3):e222552. Epub 2023 Mar 14 doi: 10.1148/radiol.222552. PMID: 36916890
Functional Coronary Angiography-Derived Index of Microcirculatory Resistance in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Choi KH, Dai N, Li Y, Kim J, Shin D, Lee SH, Joh HS, Kim HK, Jeon KH, Ha SJ, Kim SM, Jang MJ, Park TK, Yang JH, Song YB, Hahn JY, Doh JH, Shin ES, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Lee JM
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2021 Aug 9;14(15):1670-1684. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.05.027. PMID: 34353599
Risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in hypertension.
Tereshchenko LG, Soliman EZ, Davis BR, Oparil S
J Electrocardiol 2017 Nov-Dec;50(6):798-801. Epub 2017 Aug 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.08.012. PMID: 28916176Free PMC Article
Biomarkers in Cardiomyopathies and Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death.
Kruska M, El-Battrawy I, Behnes M, Borggrefe M, Akin I
Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2017;18(6):472-481. doi: 10.2174/1389201018666170623125842. PMID: 28669332
Evaluation of the Mayo Clinic Phenotype-Based Genotype Predictor Score in Patients with Clinically Diagnosed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Murphy SL, Anderson JH, Kapplinger JD, Kruisselbrink TM, Gersh BJ, Ommen SR, Ackerman MJ, Bos JM
J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2016 Apr;9(2):153-61. Epub 2016 Feb 25 doi: 10.1007/s12265-016-9681-5. PMID: 26914223Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

The global prevalence of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Salari N, Morddarvanjoghi F, Abdolmaleki A, Rasoulpoor S, Khaleghi AA, Hezarkhani LA, Shohaimi S, Mohammadi M
BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2023 Apr 22;23(1):206. doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03231-w. PMID: 37087452Free PMC Article
Causes of sudden cardiac death in young athletes and non-athletes: systematic review and meta-analysis: Sudden cardiac death in the young.
D'Ascenzi F, Valentini F, Pistoresi S, Frascaro F, Piu P, Cavigli L, Valente S, Focardi M, Cameli M, Bonifazi M, Metra M, Mondillo S
Trends Cardiovasc Med 2022 Jul;32(5):299-308. Epub 2021 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.06.001. PMID: 34166791
CONGENITAL LONG QT SYNDROME: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.
Galić E, Bešlić P, Kilić P, Planinić Z, Pašalić A, Galić I, Ćubela VV, Pekić P
Acta Clin Croat 2021 Dec;60(4):739-748. doi: 10.20471/acc.2021.60.04.22. PMID: 35734489Free PMC Article
Mitral annular disjunction: A systematic review of the literature.
Bennett S, Thamman R, Griffiths T, Oxley C, Khan JN, Phan T, Patwala A, Heatlie G, Kwok CS
Echocardiography 2019 Aug;36(8):1549-1558. Epub 2019 Aug 5 doi: 10.1111/echo.14437. PMID: 31385360
Risk factors for QTc-prolongation: systematic review of the evidence.
Vandael E, Vandenberk B, Vandenberghe J, Willems R, Foulon V
Int J Clin Pharm 2017 Feb;39(1):16-25. Epub 2016 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0414-2. PMID: 28012118

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