Why do young people fall prey to sudden cardiac arrest?
They are young. They are rather fit. They exercise regularly. They all die abruptly, leaving behind their loved ones flabbergasted and in shock. Their relatives and friends often say they lead a rather healthy lifestyle and looked perfectly healthy and never complained of any heart or chest pain. They have one thing in common. Their lives were claimed by sudden cardia arrest (SCD). According to Dr Michael Lim, Consultant Cardiologist & Physician, Singapore Heart, Stroke and Cancer: “SCD is an unexpected death from a cardiac cause, heralded by abrupt loss of consciousness within a short time period, generally less than 1 hour from the onset of symptoms. Pre-existing heart disease may or may not have been known to be present, but the time and mode of death are unexpected.” SCD is different from heart attack. “SCD is usually caused by electrical instability of the heart that results in a potentially fatal outcome. The electrical instability causing SCD is most commonly caused by coronary
