How is Sudden Cardiac Dysfunction (SCD) different from a heart attack?

Now, most of you might be already mistaking SCD to be a medical term for heart attack, but in reality, they are two completely different heart conditions.

Sudden cardiac death in patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic heart failure - Andrew MN Walker, Richard M Cubbon, 2015

Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Causes & Symptoms

Risk of sudden death and cardiac arrest per month for different time

Sudden Cardiac Death: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology

Cardiovascular complications and risk of death in sickle-cell disease - The Lancet

Distribution of underlying causes of sudden cardiac death and their

Atrial fibrillation and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - A nationwide cohort study - eClinicalMedicine

Possible Therapeutic Targets for SCA Heart Complications Identified

Sudden Cardiac Death: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology

PREVENTION-ACHD: PRospEctiVE study on implaNTable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy and suddeN cardiac death in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease; Rationale and Design

Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population: Review of Traditional and Emerging Risk Factors - Canadian Journal of Cardiology

This fi gure shows the prevalence of the number of major risk factors

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in General Population and Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes