Nearly 500,000 young people die prematurely each year due to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) syndrome, the second most common cause of high risk coronary abnormalities in young people. We hope that by highlighting and raising awareness about SCD through this case study, we can ultimately contribute to a reduction in the condition's death rate. SCD manifests suddenly, usually kills within one hour of symptom start, and can strike people who wouldn't otherwise be considered fatal [1]. Clinicians must therefore be knowledgeable about this fast evolving illness and ways to identify it.
In our case, a 34-year-old male patient complained of increased chest pain to his primary care physician (PCP). He was a young, symptomatic, sedentary patient.
When the patient's history was being taken, he declared that
he did not smoke and that he had never used alcohol or drugs. His maternal and
paternal family histories both showed several instances of early coronary
artery disease. A large portion of the SCD research focuses on active patient
populations, including athletes. Given that this instance presents SCD in a
non-athletic and sedentary profile, which is unusual compared to other literary
presentations of SCD, it is therefore particularly heartbreaking.
Author(s) Details:
Viren Parmar,
Department of Cardiology, Central Cardiology Medical Center, USA.
Ishmeet Singh,
Department
of Cardiology, Central Cardiology Medical Center, USA.
Kunal Duggal,
Department of Cardiology, Central Cardiology Medical Center, USA.
Department of Cardiology, Central Cardiology Medical Center, USA.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CODHR-V3/article/view/7893
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