Indian-origin doctor spots symptoms before impending cardiac arrest

Indian-origin doctor spots symptoms before impending cardiac arrest IANS Updated: August 27th, 2023, 20:08 IST in Sci-Tech 0 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on WhatsApp Share on Linkedin New York: For women, the most prominent symptom of an impending sudden cardiac arrest is shortness of breath, whereas men may experience chest pain, scientists led by an eminent Indian-origin health expert have revealed. The study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, led by sudden cardiac arrest expert Sumeet Chugh, found that 50 per cent of individuals experienced warning signs prior to their cardiac arrest. The Chugh-led team learned that this warning symptom was different for women than it was for men, according to the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Lancet Digital Health.

Smaller subgroups of both genders experienced palpitations, seizure-like activity and flu-like symptoms. “Harnessing warning symptoms to perform effective triage for those who need to make a 911 call could lead to early intervention and prevention of imminent death,” said Chugh. “Our findings could lead to a new paradigm for prevention of sudden cardiac death,” he added.

For this study, investigators used two established and ongoing community-based studies in the US, each developed by Chugh. Both studies provide Cedars-Sinai investigators with unique, community-based data to establish how to best predict sudden cardiac arrest. “It takes a village to do this work.

We initiated the SUDS study 22 years ago and the PRESTO study eight years ago. These cohorts have provided invaluable lessons along the way,” said Chugh. In both the studies, Smidt Heart Institute investigators evaluated the prevalence of individual symptoms and sets of symptoms prior to sudden cardiac arrest, then compared these findings to control groups that also sought emergency medical care.

“Next we will supplement these key sex-specific warning symptoms with additional features — such as clinical profiles and biometric measures — for improved prediction of sudden cardiac arrest,” Chugh added. IANS Tags: Cardiac-arrest doctor Heart INDIAN Share Tweet Send Share Suggest A Correction Enter your email to get our daily news in your inbox. Leave this field empty if you’re human: Related Posts AI can’t substitute human intelligence in adjudication: Delhi High Court August 27, 2023 Japan’s lunar lander, X-ray mission to launch Monday August 27, 2023 Chandrayaan-3: ISRO releases graph of temperature variation on lunar surface measured by ChaSTE payload August 27, 2023 Chandrayaan-3: Meet these Odia scientists who put India on Moon August 27, 2023 With India on top of the moon, experts expect positive policy changes August 27, 2023 Science and belief two different entities: ISRO Chairman Somanath August 27, 2023 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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