Mutation or common intronic variants in cardiac ion channel genes have been suggested to be associated with sudden cardiac death caused by idiopathic ventricular tachyarrhythmia. This study aimed to find mutations in cardiac ion channel genes of Korean sudden cardiac arrest patients with structurally normal heart and to verify association between common genetic variation in cardiac ion channel ...

Background: Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is defined as the abrupt loss of heart function an occurrence without physical contact (absent commotio cordis). SCA's morbidity ratio 1:50,000 all deaths. The published estimates on SCA suggest that 11% victims have a normal heart. Current screening investigations include electrocardiography (ECG), echography, 24-hour ECG monitoring, eliciting stres...

cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cmri) is a well-established noninvasive imaging modality in clinical cardiology. its ability to provide tissue characterization make it well suited for the study of patients with cardiac diseases. we describe a multi-modality imaging evaluation of a 45-year-old man who experienced a near drowning event during swimming. we underline the unique capability of ti...

BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes. However, limited studies have examined survival rates after exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in the youth. OBJECTIVE The Purpose of this study was to monitor exercise-related sudden death in the United States and to assess survival trends following exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest in the youth. MET...