Warning symptoms associated with imminent sudden cardiac arrest: a population-based case-control study with external validation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sudden cardiac arrest is a global public health problem with a mortality rate of more than 90%. Prearrest warning symptoms could be harnessed using digital technology to potentially improve survival outcomes. We aimed to estimate the strength of association between symptoms and imminent sudden cardiac arrest.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study of individuals with sudden cardiac arrest and participants without sudden cardiac arrest who had similar symptoms identified from two US community-based studies of patients with sudden cardiac arrest in California state, USA (discovery population; the Ventura Prediction of Sudden Death in Multi-Ethnic Communities [PRESTO] study), and Oregon state, USA (replication population; the Oregon Sudden Unexpected Death Study [

SUBMITTER: Reinier K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10746352 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature