Evaluation of the patient with sudden cardiac death.
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.
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
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents