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Owing to increased stress, deaths from sudden cardiac arrests are more likely to happen on any day, finds a new research, more challenging than claims Mondays – were the danger zones.
Almost 17 million cardiac deaths occur every year while the survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest is less than one per cent. "While there are many causes for greater cardiac arrests," said Sumeet Chugh, an Indian-born Professor of Medicine at the Smidt Heart Institute in the US. "We now live in a fast-paced, 'always on' cause that increases psycho-social stress and possibly increase in the likelihood of sudden cardiac arrest," Chugh added.
For the study, published in the journal Heart Rhythm, the team analyzed data on 1,535 patients who died from sudden cardiac arrest, among which only 13.9 per cent died in the early morning hours, the findings revealed. "Because sudden cardiac arrest is usually fatal," Chugh said. "Our next steps are to conclusively determine the underlying reasons for this shift, then identify public health implications as a result," he added.
Apart from stress, other contributors may be a shift in how high-risk patients are being treated.
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First Published: Oct 07, 2018 16:22 IST
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