Open AccessSUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: MECHANISMS AND REASONS, RISK FACTORS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Author(s) -
T. V. Aleynikova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2017-14-2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , sudden cardiac death , intensive care medicine , disease , primary prevention , sudden death , sign (mathematics) , cardiology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) can be called one of the most important issues of modern cardiology for it is the first and the last sign of heart trouble in 25 % people and occurs in 60 % patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Interest to the problem is caused also by the fact that the SCD prevalence tends to increase. Obviously there are ways to take effective measures of prevention aimed at the improvement of the situation. The literature review presents analysis of publications containing topical information about mechanisms and reasons, risk factors and predictors for SCD and covers ways to treat and prevent the disease.