One monitored case of sudden death.
A 90-year-old female had a Holter monitoring recording because of a syncopal episode. She developed a fatal cardiac arrest during the recording. A severe bradycardia was the initiating fatal dysrhythmia. This was followed by ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation and finally cardiac standstill.
D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic