Sudden cardiac arrest in the young

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Sudden cardiac arrest in the young and the simple screening to avoid them: Cardiac arrest doesn’t only happen to old people. Every week in the UK, 12 seemingly fit and healthy young people, aged 35 years and under, die from Young, Sudden Cardiac Death or YSCD. The definition of young sudden cardiac death Sudden cardiac death […]

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GPs should deal with heart rhythm problems

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Dr Matt Fay is a speaker at the Heart Rhythm Congress which is held this week in Birmingham, England. When it comes to treating heart rhythm problems, I personally feel that GPs are the population specialists and should deal with the majority of cases, rather than cardiologists. Of course, if people are symptomatic and they need further intervention, […]

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