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African Americans Live Shorter Lives Due to Heart Disease and Stroke
Statement Highlights: African Americans carry a higher burden of cardiovascular diseases compared with white Americans. Risk factors for heart disease appear earlier in African Americans than in whites. Social determinants of health, stress and cultural factors all play a role. The scientific statement notes that African Americans have… Read More
MRI May Predict Neurological Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest Survivors
MRI-based measurements of the functional connections in the brain can help predict long-term recovery in patients who suffer neurological disability after cardiac arrest, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology. OAKBROOK, IL--Cardiac arrest, or abrupt loss in heart function, is a common and often deadly occurrence that… Read More
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Named an Official National Charity in the 2017 OPM’s Combined Federal Campaign
Federal employees and retirees may choose the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation (CFC# 87197) when they make one-time gifts or choose payroll deductions beginning in October. PITTSBURGH, PA--The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has approved the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation as an official nonprofit organization in the 2017 Combined Federal… Read More
Scottish Ambulance Service Reports Rise in Successful Resuscitations from Cardiac Arrest
‘World class’results for Scotland show innovative new approaches are working. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND--There has been a rise in the number of people who are being successfully resuscitated following a cardiac arrest in Scotland according to new figures. Latest Scottish Ambulance Service statistics show that, on average, 66 per cent of patients… Read More
SCA Survivors Are Invited to Nominate Their Rescuers for the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation's People Saving People Award
October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and cardiac arrest survivors across the country are undoubtedly celebrating the fact that thanks to people who happened to be nearby and took immediate action, they defied the odds and survived sudden cardiac death. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation invites survivors to show their… Read More
Mitochondrial DNA Could Predict Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Disease
New studies add to evidence of link between mitochondrial DNA copy number and risk for cardiovascular disease BALTIMORE, MD--Johns Hopkins researchers report that the level, or “copy number,” of mitochondrial DNA—genetic information stored not in a cell’s nucleus but in the body’s energy-creating mitochondria—is a novel and distinct biomarker… Read More
Taking Hockey to Heart
Spectators experienced significantly elevated heart rates, equivalent to rates with vigorous exercise, while watching hockey games live or on TV, according to a new study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology MONTREAL, QUEBEC--Sporting events often leave people on the edge of their seats, but what does all that excitement do to their hearts? A… Read More
Low Serum Calcium May Increase Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Findings of a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings have potential implications for mechanisms as well as prevention of SCA Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of patients, and more than half of men and close to 70% of women who die of SCA have no clinical history of heart disease prior to this cardiac event. It is one of… Read More
Use of CPR, Defibrillators Improves After Public Health Initiatives
After coordinated and comprehensive public health initiatives in North Carolina, more patients received bystander CPR and first-responder defibrillation at home and in public, which was associated with improved survival, according to a study published by JAMA Cardiology. Almost 400,000 Americans experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)… Read More