title: Evaluation of the patient with sudden cardiac death.
abstract: Sudden cardiac death is defined as death from natural causes that occurs within one hour of the patient's collapse. Public education programs and the proliferation of rapidly deployable community life-support teams have resulted in the ability to deliver emergency medical care to many patients who suffer a cardiac arrest and who otherwise would have died suddenly. This article reviews the diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic management of the patient who has survived a cardiac arrest.
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D005080:Exercise Test; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents