Finding a cause in sudden cardiac arrest survivors: Getting the testing right

Chrishan J Nalliah; Hariharan Raju; Chamath Jagoda; Christopher Semsarian

doi:10.1111/jce.15887

Finding a cause in sudden cardiac arrest survivors: Getting the testing right

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 May;34(5):1329-1331. doi: 10.1111/jce.15887. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

Chrishan J Nalliah^{1

2

3}, Hariharan Raju^{1

2

4}, Chamath Jagoda^{1

2}, Christopher Semsarian^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Department of Cardiology, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology at Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 36934399
DOI: 10.1111/jce.15887

Abstract

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survivors are optimally managed by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac genetics with the capacity to deal with both the medical and psychological needs of patients and their families. Consideration is given to an appropriate selection of second-line investigation, genetic testing, and cascade testing.

Keywords: cardiac genetics; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; electrophysiologic studies; multidisciplinary team; sudden cardiac arrest; sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Death, Sudden, Cardiac* / etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac* / prevention & control
Genetic Testing
Heart
Heart Arrest* / diagnosis
Heart Arrest* / therapy
Humans
Survivors