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What is the difference between AMI (acute myocard infarct and (SDH) sudden cardiac
death?
Heart attacks occur when there is a blockage in one or more of the coronary
arteries, preventing the heart from receiving enough oxygen-rich blood symptoms
start slowly and persist for hours, days or weeks
In contrast, sudden cardiac death occurs suddenly and often without warning. It is
triggered by an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes an irregular
heartbeat (arrhythmia). With its pumping action disrupted, the heart cannot pump
blood to the brain, lungs and other organs. Seconds later, a person loses
consciousness and has no pulse. Death occurs within minutes if the victim does
not receive treatment.
4. Why vigorous exercise in people with structural cardiac disease can increase the risk of
sudden cardiac death (SCD)?
-Because there is an interaction between the structural cardiac disease or substrate and the
acute trigger of exertion plus other possible triggers associated with exercise, including
emotional stress, hemodynamic changes, altered parasympathetic tone, and myocardial
ischemia.
Athletic training itself may increase the risk of sudden death in people with heart disease
by altering the substrate. This alteration could occur by promoting disease progression or
by increasing the risk of cardiac arrhythmia by structural or electrical changes and can
cause SCD
5. What are the risk factor of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)?
There are divided into 2 beetwen modifiable and non modifiable
(modifiable) are: High BP; high blood cholesterol levels; smoking; diabetes; overweight
or obesity; lack of physical activity; unhealthy diet and stress.
Those that cannot be controlled (non modiffable ) are: Age (simply getting older
increases risk); sex (men are generally at greater risk of coronary artery disease); family
history; and race.
6. What kind of examination does recommend to diagnose coronary artery disease?
7. Complication of cad:
Aritmia, acure myocard infarction, sudden cardiac death, heart failure