Despite major advancements in cardiovascular medicine, sudden cardiac death (SCD)
continues to be an enormous medical and societal challenge, claiming millions of lives …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) and arrhythmia represent a major worldwide public health
problem, accounting for 15–20% of all deaths. Early resuscitation and defibrillation remains …

This international multidisciplinary document intends to provide clinicians with evidence-
based practical patient-centered recommendations for evaluating patients and decedents …

Aims The term idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (IVF) describes survivors of unexplained
cardiac arrest (UCA) without a specific diagnosis after clinical and genetic testing. Previous …

Importance Data on long-term survival beyond 12 months after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(OHCA) of a presumed cardiac cause are scarce. Objective To investigate the long-term …

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major global health problem, accounting for
up to 20% of deaths in Western societies. Clinical quality registries have been shown in a …

Sinus node dysfunction may be either transient (reversible/physiological) due to the
involvement of the autonomic nervous system or pharmaceuticals, or chronic due to …

Aims Recent studies have shown that in more than half of apparently unexplained sudden
cardiac arrests (SCA), a specific aetiology can be unmasked by a careful evaluation. The …

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is responsible for approximately 5%-7% of cases of aborted
cardiac arrest. Recent studies have shown that short-coupled ventricular premature …

Quinidine, the first antiarrhythmic drug, was widely used during the 20th century. Multiple
studies have been conducted to provide insights into the pharmacokinetics and pleiotropic …