Skielike kardiale dood in jonger mense het meestal niks te doen met ’n hartaanval of bloedvatsiekte nie.
Ons vind meer uit oor Skielike Kardiale Dood, en hoekom ’n hart wat hopeloos te vinnig klop, noodlottig kan wees.
Dr Razeen Gopal verduidelik:
https://omny.fm/shows/gesondheid/gesondheid-25-oktober-2023
Keep the following in mind:
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a serious, life-threatening medical emergency that happens abruptly and without warning. During SCA, the heart’s electrical system malfunctions, and it is no longer able to pump blood to the rest of the body. The lack of blood to the brain causes the person to lose consciousness quickly. If the heart is not shocked back into normal rhythm within less than three minutes, brain damage and death can occur.
For those at risk of SCA, one treatment option is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), which may prevent sudden cardiac death. ICDs are implanted devices that can sense arrhythmias (irregular heart beats) and deliver strong electrical shocks to the heart to restore a normal heart rhythm, also known as sinus rhythm. ICD therapy has been shown to effectively stop 95 percent or more of dangerously fast heart rhythms.
With an ICD device,19 out of 20 people will survive sudden cardiac arrest.