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Causes, circumstances, and potential preventability of cardiac arrest in the young: insights from a state-wide clinical and forensic registry.

Elizabeth Davida ParatzAlexander van HeusdenDominica ZentnerNatalie MorganKaren SmithTina ThompsonPaul A JamesVanessa ConnellAndreas PflaumerChristopher SemsarianJodie InglesSarah ParsonsDion StubAndre La Gerche
Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
Approximately half of OHCAs in the young have a cardiac cause, with coronary disease and drug toxicity dominant aetiologies. OHCAs disproportionately occur during exercise. Of patients with cardiac cause of OHCA, almost two-thirds have no standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, and more than three-quarters had no prior warning symptoms or interaction with a cardiologist.
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