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EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER Patients with atypical chest pain and no history of cardiovascular events coronary artery disease, unstable angina, or history of percutaneous transthoracic coronary angioplasty [PTCA]) and a negative stress [...]

A 3-month-old boy was diagnosed with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection at a North Carolina hospital in 2009. The infant was intubated, and a transfer to another hospital that had [...]

WASHINGTON -- Incorporating preparticipation screening into routine health supervision visits for all youth-not just those playing competitive sports--is one of the recommendations in an updated monograph being published by the [...]

AT HEART RHYTHM 2013 DENVER--Both second- and first-generation antipsychotic agents proved to be independently associated with greater than threefold increased risks of sudden cardiac death, according to results from a [...]

EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM A PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY UPDATE SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY NEW YORK -- An electroencephalogram probably is not necessary for most youngsters who are [...]

ORLANDO -- Patients who experienced sudden cardiac death had a significantly higher rate of treatment with a sodium-channel blocking, anticonvulsant drug, compared with people who did not have sudden death, [...]

ORLANDO -- A 40-year-old man faces a 1-in-8 lifetime risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a Framingham Heart Study analysis. To place that risk in context, it's useful to [...]

ORLANDO -- Diclofenac, celecoxib, and rofecoxib are associated with dose-dependent increased risks of sudden cardiac arrest, according to a large national Danish study. No increased risk was noted in conjunction [...]

SNOWMASS, COLO. -- Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea exhibit a striking alteration in the typical day-night pattern of sudden cardiac death, underscoring the disorder's potency as a risk factor for [...]

DENVER -- Methadone in therapeutic doses appears to be associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, Dr. Carmen Socoteanu reported at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society. [...]

Atlanta -- The resuscitation rate in athletes who experience sudden cardiac arrest as a result of ventricular fibrillation during sports events may be much better than widely assumed, Dr. Christine [...]

It's like the realtors always say: location, location, location. An elderly man attending a fund-raiser for the American Heart Association under way in Santa Barbara, Calif., chose the exactly ideal [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Plaques in the carotid arteries were associated with an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular disease in a prospective 10-year study of 2,651 people chosen randomly [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- The incidence of sudden cardiac death is markedly greater in low-income neighborhoods, according to new data from the Oregon Sudden Unexplained Death Study. Socioeconomic status is known [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- A little bit of exercise can be a dangerous thing for a woman. New data from the Nurses' Health Study show the risk of exercise-triggered sudden cardiac [...]

NEW ORLEANS -- Tweaking emergency dispatcher assessment protocols to incorporate a few simple questions regarding agonal breathing markedly increases the rate of cardiac arrest detection over the phone, Ahamed H. [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The timing of chest compressions in CPR can mean life or death to some patients in cardiac arrest, Lance B. Becker, M.D., said at the annual meeting [...]

MUNICH -- Echocardiographically measured left atrial diameter is an independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality risk in a general population of middle-aged men, Dr. Jauri A. Laukkanen reported at the [...]

MUNICH -- Urban air pollution from auto exhaust increases the risk of cardiac events in persons who've had a prior myocardial infarction, Stephanie Von Klot reported at the annual congress [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- People who have clinical depression have a more than 50% greater risk of experiencing sudden cardiac death than those who are not depressed, according to a study [...]

Safety measures meant to reduce an athlete's risk of sudden death from a blow to the chest could actually raise that risk. This form of sudden death, known as commotio [...]

Patients taking more than 100 mg thioridazine have a 2.4-fold greater rate of sudden cardiac death, said Wayne A. Ray, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., the Nashville Veterans Affairs [...]