Sudden Death

<p class="default">Principal Evidence is from CIRCULATION Sept 12 2006... get this! &#160;study of SUDDEN&#160;DEATH.</p>

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this was a meticulous study &#160;(reviewed in Harvard Heart Letter in Dec 2006 which I now summarize)

by German researchers. &#160;Key was to interview family members on scene.

406 cases of arrest.</p>

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Warning signs were surprisingly common. &#160;CP, sob, N/V, diz &#160;sometimes HOURS before.

In 90% of cases &#160;symptoms lasted more than 5 mnutes.

Only 25% had true out of the blue arrests with no prior sxs.</p>

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Most had had prior attaacks. &#160;<b>Two-thirds of those who collapsed had been prev dx'd with heart disease</b> and

had survived prior arrest or had angina or other signs of ht dis.</p>

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