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==[[Cardiac arrhythmia overview|Overview]]==
==[[Cardiac arrhythmia overview|Overview]]==
==SADS==
'''SADS''', or '''sudden arrhythmia death syndrome''', is a term used to describe sudden [[death]] due to [[cardiac arrest]] brought on by an arrhythmia. The most common cause of sudden death in the US is coronary artery disease. Approximately 300,000 people die suddenly of this cause every year in the US.
Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome (SADS) can also occur from other causes. Also, there are many inherited conditions and heart diseases that can affect young people that can cause sudden death. Many of these victims have no symptoms before dying suddenly. 
Causes of SADS in young people are [[long QT syndrome]], [[Brugada syndrome]], [[Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia]] and [[hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] and [[arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia]] ("arrythmia"-causing, "right ventricle"-involving, pre-cancerous malformation).


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:01, 23 August 2012

Cardiac arrhythmia
Ventricular Fibrillation or V-Fib, an example of cardiac arrhythmia.
ICD-10 I47 - I49
ICD-9 427
DiseasesDB 15206
MedlinePlus 001101
MeSH D001145

Template:Cardiac arrhythmia Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

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