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    Sevilla's Sanchez, 23, undergoes heart surgery  Mar 21, 2010
    Another Sevilla player, Antonio Puerta, collapsed during a league game in August 2007 and died three days later at age 22 following a prolonged cardiac arrest. Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque died of heart failure in 2009 at 26. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)

    Atlanta cafe owner was fixture in community  Mar 21, 2010
    Norris Curington, 79, of Atlanta, died March 13 at Grady Hospital of cardiac arrest ... Norris Curington, 79, of Atlanta, died March 13 at Grady Hospital of cardiac arrest. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Life support for Brittany  Mar 20, 2010
    Brittanys death, from a cardiac arrest, was later listed as an accident in an autopsy report. Simon vehemently refutes the notion there are any parallels between Brittanys death and that of actor Corey Haim who passed away last week, also of an overdose, after a long battle with drugs. (iAfrica.com)

    Dont forget to wear a bit o green  Mar 20, 2010
    Last week my computer went into cardiac arrest, so to speak, and had to be hauled off to get emergency repairs. Thanks to Dr. (Forest Republican, WI)

    Autopsy is back  Mar 20, 2010
    The sedative given during cosmetic surgery on Sept. 25 caused Rohie Kah-Orukotan, 37, to have a seizure and cardiac arrest, plunging her into a coma that left her brain dead, the autopsy by the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office found. The autopsy cleared her cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Omar Brito Marin, of giving her too much of the anesthetic propofol, one of the mistakes cited by the Florida Department of Health when it suspended his medical license earlier this month. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Public Defibrillators Boost Cardiac Arrest Survival  Mar 19, 2010
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan's schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of people who survive cardiac arrest, researchers reported Wednesday ... Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency that is quickly fatal without prompt treatment ... An electrical shock from a defibrillator can restore the heart's normal rhythm and reverse cardiac arrest. (MEDLINEplus)

    Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan  Mar 18, 2010
    Background It is unclear whether dissemination of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public places can improve the rate of survival among patients who have had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Methods From January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2007, we conducted a prospective, population-based, observational study involving consecutive patients across Japan who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and in whom resuscitation was attempted by emergency responders ... We evaluated the... (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Platelet Inhibition with Cangrelor  Mar 18, 2010
    In our institution, such drugs could not be administered to 2% of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who underwent primary PCI. Such patients include those who have undergone intubation after cardiac arrest or who. . (New England Journal of Medicine)

    As Girth Grows, Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Shrinks  Mar 17, 2010
    Sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, leads to sudden cardiac death if it is not treated within minutes. Most cases of sudden cardiac arrest are due to abnormal heart rhythms that can result from blockage of coronary arteries or scarring from a prior heart attack ... 19, 2009) A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as... (Science Daily)

    Mammoth Lakes Snowboarder Dies  Mar 17, 2010
    He was treated for internal bleeding but went into cardiac arrest. The hospital staff tried to save him but were unsuccessful. (KCRA 3, CA)

    Many WTC Responders Show Signs of Heart Trouble  Mar 16, 2010
    This constriction can be a predictor of heart attack and cardiac arrest. Since the calcium scores were equal between the two groups, the researchers now speculate that job stress can cause cholesterol plaque in the artery to rupture, causing a heart attack. (MEDLINEplus)

    •Worker injured at Kroger  Mar 16, 2010
    She was in cardiac arrest when medics arrived, Franklin Fire Department spokesman Ryan Piercefield said. A deliveryman who arrived to drop off a shipment found Keen lying on the ground just before 9 a.m. and called 911. (The Daily Journal)

    12 Year Olds More Likely to Use Potentially Deadly Inhalants Than Cigarettes or Marijuana  Mar 14, 2010
    Most parents are not aware that use of inhalants can cause "Sudden Sniffing Death" -- immediate death due to cardiac arrest -- or lead to addiction and other health risks. SAMHSA data from the 2006-2008 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health show a rate of lifetime inhalant use among 12 year olds of 6. (Science Daily)

    New Research Aims to Prevent 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest'  Mar 13, 2010
    New research aims to prevent 'sudden cardiac arrest ... New Research Aims to Prevent 'Sudden Cardiac Arrest ... 12, 2010) Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it's a real danger for the otherwise young and healthy. (Science Daily)

    Why Do We Tickle?  Mar 13, 2010
    Provine suggests one possible mechanism for death-by-tickle: "The sustained, uncontrollable laughter and struggling of the victim may cause cardiac arrest or cerebral hemorrhage.". While tickling may be unlikely to kill a man, its lethal effect on a career have been demonstrated. (Slate)

    Sniffing Trumps Weed for 12-Year-Olds  Mar 12, 2010
    Experts warn that these inhalants can cause cardiac arrest, known as sudden sniffing death. " The data, found in the , was released in conjunction with the 18th annual National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week. Sniffing has been a fairly steady trend among 12-year-olds in recent years, according to Joseph Gfroerer, director of SAMHSA's division of population surveys. The lifetime rate has fluctuated between 7.7 percent and 6.1 percent since 2002. More broadly, 1.1 percent of children ages... (CBS News -- Health)

    In Charli Anna's name (6)  Mar 12, 2010
    Days and many complications later, she went into cardiac arrest. For 12 minutes, they waited in a conference room while the alarms rang throughout the CICU. Eventually, they were able to stabilize her and the parents were able to see her cold, lifeless-looking body. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)

    'Huffing' More Popular Among 12 Year Olds Than Street Drugs  Mar 12, 2010
    The frightening thing about huffing is that most parents are not aware that the use of inhalants can cause sudden sniffing death, which is immediate death due to cardiac arrest ... Sudden sniffing death causes the heart to beat rapidly, which can result in cardiac arrest. (Fox News)

    GW couple makes history in District  Mar 12, 2010
    The couple - which used its experience in EMeRG to save a man's life in January 2008 after he went into cardiac arrest in Columbia Plaza - wasted no time in tying the knot, in part because of the complications that have occurred with similar laws in other states. While California legalized same-sex marriages for a few months in 2008, the passing of Proposition 8 in November 2008 reversed the decision, outlawing same-sex marriages. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)

    Arlen in the Middle  Mar 11, 2010
    The Pennsylvania Senator has endured two bouts of Hodgkin's lymphoma and the chemotherapy that goes with it, a couple of procedures for a recurrent benign brain tumor, and heart-bypass surgery that sent him into cardiac arrest. And in a political career that has spanned 45 years, he has regularly sidestepped doom. (Time.com)

    Multicenter NIH clinical trial will study potential benefits of brain cooling after a stroke  Mar 10, 2010
    It has also been proven highly effective in saving lives and preventing neurologic damage after cardiac arrest and after oxygen deprivation in newborns. This trial will look specifically at whether hypothermia can be used safely in elderly stroke patients. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Stephanie Lynn Ashland, 42: Single mom, cook and entrepreneur  Mar 10, 2010
    She either choked on the peanut butter, relatives say, or suffered cardiac arrest. The funeral for Stephanie Lynn Ashland, of Atlanta, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Cathedral of Christ the King. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    OPINION: Fires don’t care about budgets  Mar 5, 2010
    Friday March 05, 2010. OPINION: Fires don t care about budgets by Elizabeth Crowley, 03/04/2010. (Queens Chronicle, NY)

    Hank Gathers  Mar 4, 2010
    It's been 20 years to the day since Gathers, a 6-7 forward and senior at , collapsed on the court and died of sudden cardiac arrest ... The foundation raises money to donate defibrillators and educate people around the world about sudden cardiac arrest. (USA Today -- Sports)

    Renton nurse volunteering in Haiti dies of heart attack  Mar 4, 2010
    He was pronounced dead from cardiac arrest at the University of Miami field hospital in Port-au-Prince, according to the agency. COMMENTING RULES: We encourage an open exchange of ideas in the PNWLocalNews. (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)

    Wash. Man Volunteering In Haiti Dies  Mar 4, 2010
    SEATTLE -- A 36-year-old Washington man died from cardiac arrest in Haiti, said Medical Teams International. Matthew Bouthillier was volunteering with Medical Teams International in Haiti and had been treating earthquake survivors since Feb. 20. (KIRO TV, WA)

    Lang balances life as Playboy model and student  Mar 3, 2010
    She's responded to four calls in which someone was in cardiac arrest, and in all four cases, the patient didn't survive. In one instance, a 10-year-old girl was pronounced dead upon the ambulance's arrival, but Lang stayed at the hospital with the family, consoling the girl's little brother while his distraught parents spoke to the doctors. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Health threats scarepeople straight, briefly  Mar 2, 2010
    Health threats scare patients straight briefly - Behavior- msnbc. Scared straight after a health threat. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Screening athletes could prevent sudden deaths  Mar 2, 2010
    Most of the athletes who die are college or high school students who suffer cardiac arrests triggered by heart disease nobody knew about until the accident ... Three of them had conditions serious enough to restrict sports participation, including a thickening of the heart muscle that can lead to heart-rhythm disturbances and cardiac arrest in which the heart stops beating suddenly. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Study: EKGs for young athletes cost-effective  Mar 2, 2010
    A third, an El Cerrito boy, went into cardiac arrest during a basketball game last month and survived. Often such high-profile tragedies lead to public pleas for screening to identify heart problems before they can become fatal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Columbia firefighters donate AED to Brown Elementary  Mar 2, 2010
    This allows trained lay rescuers to give a potentially lifesaving electrical shock to the victim s heart during a cardiac arrest. Early defibrillation is often called the critical link in the chain of survival, because it is the only way to successfully treat most sudden cardiac arrests ... When cardiac arrest occurs, the heart starts to beat chaotically (fibrillation) and can t pump the blood efficiently. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)

    Saints Super Bowl victory due in part to fans strict avoidance  Mar 1, 2010
    I believe that in my column of July last year I poked fun at the process of Therapeutic Hypothermia, whereby a person in cardiac arrest has ice packed around the heart, cooling it to a temperature of eight degrees ... You can click on to the Web site of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and learn more about it. (New Iberia, LA)

    Is Sex Safe After Heart Attack?  Mar 1, 2010
    After having a cardiac arrest once, there must be several changes in a person's lifestyle to lead a better and normal life and to prevent another one from happening. Those people who were sedentary sluggards certainly can't afford to continue their lives like that. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Rapper Guru in Coma  Mar 1, 2010
    Numerous internet sources broke news of Guru's cardiac arrest on Sunday, many citing word-of-mouth reports passed down from the emcee's sister. Reports indicate that his medical condition is critical. (IGN PS2)

    Excerpts From Warren Buffett's Annual Letter  Feb 28, 2010
    "Too-big-to-fail is not a fallback position at Berkshire. Instead, we will always arrange our affairs so that any requirements for cash we may conceivably have will be dwarfed by our own liquidity. Moreover, that liquidity will be constantly refreshed by a gusher of earnings from our many and diverse businesses. "When the financial system went into cardiac arrest in September 2008, Berkshire was a supplier of liquidity and capital to the system, not a supplicant. At the very peak of the crisis,... (ABC News -- Wire)

    Time to talk about eating disorders  Feb 27, 2010
    Bulimia can cause cardiac arrest via low potassium or an electrolyte imbalance. It can also cause a ruptured esophagus. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    Medical examiner defers conclusion on cause of death for Japanese boy  Feb 26, 2010
    The baby, Hyeondo Seo of Tokyo, was on a China Airlines Flight from Narita, Japan, with his parents when he went into cardiac arrest an hour before landing at 7:03 a.m. ... The baby, Hyeondo Seo of Tokyo, was on a China Airlines Flight from Narita, Japan, with his parents when he went into cardiac arrest an hour before landing at 7:03 a.m.. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Gascn presses case for Tasers  Feb 26, 2010
    But he said in many of those cases, "you have people who are extremely fragile. People who probably, if you were to ask them to run around the block, they would probably suffer cardiac arrest. "So it's somewhat disingenuous to simply say that Tasers caused this," he said. Gascn noted that in 2009, 107 officer injuries cost the city an estimated $2.25 million in workers compensation. He said equipping officers with Tasers would reduce the number of injuries, save some suspects' lives and save... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Baby dies after flight to Hawaii  Feb 25, 2010
    The child was on China Airlines Flight 18 with his parents when he went into cardiac arrest an hour before arrival, Mori said ... The child was on China Airlines Flight 18 with his parents when he went into cardiac arrest an hour before arrival, Mori said. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Kerrigan's brother freed on bail  Feb 25, 2010
    A state medical examiner ruled that Daniel Kerrigan's cause of death was "cardiac dysrhythmia" a loss or interruption of a normal heartbeat that can lead to cardiac arrest after a physical altercation with neck compression that damaged his windpipe. The findings also noted that the elder Kerrigan had high blood pressure and clogged arteries. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    Baby pronounced dead after plane lands in Honolulu  Feb 25, 2010
    A 1-year-old boy from Tokyo went into cardiac arrest aboard a flight bound for Honolulu Tuesday morning and was later pronounced dead at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center, the state Department of Transportation said ... Hyeondo was traveling with his parents aboard China Airlines Flight 18 from Narita airport near Osaka when he went into cardiac arrest about an hour before the flight's arrival at 7:03 a.m., said DOT spokeswoman Tammy Mori. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Austin County EMS uses latest equipment to save lives  Feb 25, 2010
    It helps reduce the number of EMS responders or firefighters to assist with CPR. It allows the EMS crew members to focus on other important part of cardiac arrest such as medication administration, securing the airway, and preparing patient for transport to the hospital. It also prevents fatigue in the rescuers that are performing CPR which can cause inadequate compression during CPR. On several occasions ACEMS has transported a patient on the LUCAS device to Bellville General Hospital, and the... (Sealy News, TX)

    AETI Solves Wind Farm Arc-Flash Safety Risks With Introduction of the Industry's First Wind Switchgear Solutions  Feb 24, 2010
    Injuries from arc flashes range from minor injuries to third-degree burns, blindness, hearing loss, nerve damage, cardiac arrest and even potential death. Approximately 65 percent of arc faults occur during electrical maintenance when the equipment doors are open and an operator is standing in front of the equipment. (Primezone Releases)

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    He went into cardiac arrest that day upon arrival at Women s and Children s Hospital in Lafayette and was transferred to Tulane Hospital in New Orleans and then finally to Little Rock, where Armstrong and Floyd Marceaux, the boy s father, have been with him for the past two months. After a battery of tests to ensure Jean -Paul was healthy enough to accept a donor heart, the young boy was placed on the A-1 list, the sickest heart transplant donor list. (New Iberia, LA)

    Some Docs Studying Patients Without Consent  Feb 23, 2010
    The patients are Kings County, Washington residents who may be unconscious, severely injured or suffering cardiac arrest, according to the newspaper, and the researchers are scientists searching for treatments to help these patients in extreme situations ... The UW studies are a part of a five-year, $50 million undertaking known as "Resuscitation Outcomes," which hopes to study nearly 21,000 people in the U.S. and Canada in order to improve trauma and cardiac arrest care. (Fox News)

    Rex Nettleford, Jamaican scholar, choreographer  Feb 22, 2010
    The cause was catastrophic brain injury following cardiac arrest, Dr. Christopher Junker of the George Washington University Hospital said. Dr. Nettleford was in Washington to participate in a meeting of specialists charged by the United Nations with monitoring the state of racial discrimination around the world. (Boston Globe)

    Weird eateries  Feb 22, 2010
    For something to do between bites, swallows and bouts of cardiac arrest, Lucky Strike filterless cigarettes are sold, alongside hard liquor and beer. The hospital theme is in full effect here, as scantily clad "nurses" serve "patients" their "prescriptions" and the nurses will even wheel post-surgery patients back to their cars at no extra cost. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Road Bumps May Trick Defibrillators in Ambulances  Feb 20, 2010
    During testing, researchers simulated cardiac arrest in the pigs, which have hearts resembling humans. When they tested the devices while using vibrations similar to those found during the first part of the study, the devices misinterpreted many heart rhythms, more often in pigs than in mannequins. (MEDLINEplus)

    Boxer's journal  Feb 19, 2010
    But minutes later, she falls into cardiac arrest. Doctors rip her shirt open and start CPR. The father starts to yell and cry. (USA Today -- Sports)

    How Does PMS Affect Weight?  Feb 19, 2010
    There are a whole range of different associated physical and psychological complications which may range from minor such as fatigue to severe even life threatening symptoms including arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. This article aims to explore how menstruation may impact eating disorder sufferers with key areas to be examined listed below. (Suite101.com)

    Graham H. Gardner, 22; ‘angel in the service of God’  Feb 18, 2010
    While swimming with his father earlier this month at the YMCA in Marblehead, he suffered a seizure, went into cardiac arrest, and died Feb. 7 in Salem Hospital. He was 22. (Boston Globe)

    Get health care reform done  Feb 17, 2010
    More families lost insurance, premiums went up, and more public hospitals were gripped by the financial equivalent of cardiac arrest. Sen. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)

    Frustration Mounts With First Responders  Feb 16, 2010
    Goldsmith says,"If it was a structure fire or a cardiac arrest callit could've made a huge impact on the outcome of the situation to wait for a guy to move his truck.". Captain Richard Zegowitz says, "It could mean life or death.". (W-USA News, DC)

    New HeartMate II pump is latest bridge to life  Feb 16, 2010
    Two weeks later, Childers suffered cardiac arrest. "It's hard to pinpoint what caused it," she says. (USA Today -- News)

    Herbal medicines can cause serious illness, death  Feb 15, 2010
    A herbal medicine known as Chan su, used to treat sore throats, boils and heart palpitations, contains the venomous secretions of Chinese toads, which can cause cardiac arrest or even coma, according to Byard. Other side-effects of herbal medicines can include liver, renal and cardiac failure, stroke, movement disorder, muscle weakness and seizure, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    Mavis Alliene Ellis, former Swan Coach House hostess  Feb 14, 2010
    Mavis Alliene Ellis, 82, of Jonesboro died Jan. 28 of cardiac arrest at Southern Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Jonesboro First United Methodist Church. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Report: Adams had pot in system prior to death  Feb 14, 2010
    Bears defensive end Gaines Adams, just 26, died of cardiac arrest on Jan. 17. Scott Boehm/Getty Images. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)

    Water skier killed on Murray River  Feb 13, 2010
    An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said the man suffered a cardiac arrest and, despite the efforts of paramedics, could not be revived. A second male skier suffered a dislocated shoulder and was airlifted to Bendigo Hospital from the crash site at Echuca, on border of NSW and Victoria. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Irina Arkhipova, 85; singer was a star at Bolshoi theater  Feb 12, 2010
    The director of the Arkhipova Foundation, Nadezhda Khachaturova, said the singer died of cardiac arrest yesterday. Ms. Arkhipova, a mezzo-soprano and later a contralto, sang leading roles for the Bolshoi for decades after joining it in 1956. (Boston Globe)

    Three honored as heroes  Feb 12, 2010
    The three Catskill Police Department Patrolman Steven Deitz, Town of Catskill Ambulance Department EMT Cory Birk, and Catskill Police Dispatcher Erika Ruger are credited with saving the life of Hudson Street resident James Brennan when he suffered cardiac arrest on the evening of Oct. 25 at his home ... Seeing that Brennan was in full cardiac arrest, Birk connected and utilized an Automatic Electronic Defibrillator, followed by Catskill Ambulance on the scene, and who took over the patient s... (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)

    Safety foundation promotes AEDs in schools  Feb 12, 2010
    February is American Heart Month, and while heart disease is the leading cause of adult deaths in America, more than 7,000 children die of sudden cardiac arrest each year ... Cody Schmidt, 14, died at Chaparral High School in gym class after he suffered a cardiac arrest, Poage said. (Denver Post)

    Snowiest Winter in Philly's History...  Feb 11, 2010
    Philly EMS workers handled 14 cases of cardiac arrest Wednesday, a huge spike than the norm. While many adults ponder if they'll make it into work, kids can rejoice since all city public and Catholic schools will be closed. (The Drudge Report)

    Family Demands Answers in Sleep-Study Death  Feb 11, 2010
    Brandon Harris Died From Apparent Cardiac Arrest During Sleep Study ... A 25-year-old man dies of cardiac arrest while at a university sleep study ... He died of sudden cardiac arrest, according to the statement from Emory Healthcare, which is the largest health care system in Georgia. (ABC News)

    File: Hyderabad hospital fire toll climbs to 2  Feb 11, 2010
    Yesterday when she was brought to the hospital she was unconscious and also suffered a mild cardiac arrest. Since then she had been kept on the ventilator, the superintendant said. (India Times, India)

    Former Texas Rep. Charlie Wilson dies at 76  Feb 11, 2010
    Charlie Wilson, the rowdy, fast-living East Texas congressman who worked to secure clandestine arms for Afghan resistance fighters in the 1980s, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday in Lufkin, Texas, three years after receiving a heart transplant. He was 76. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    ICU Patients at Risk for Rare Heart Rhythm Problem  Feb 11, 2010
    But TdP may also lead to a more dangerous heart rhythm disturbance called ventricular fibrillation, which can cause sudden cardiac arrest ... "If the ECG warning signs of TdP are recognized on the patient's cardiac monitor, then TdP and subsequent cardiac arrest should be avoidable.". (MEDLINEplus)

    Paulson: Bailout Will Pay Off  Feb 10, 2010
    Buffett described the time as cardiac arrest. . (Nebraska Statepaper)

    Emotions still run deep over the Brumby who never came home  Feb 9, 2010
    He died on April 6 from a cardiac arrest resulting from a blood infection. At the same time, his teammates were flying to Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Joi Chestnut, 40: Epitomized customer service  Feb 9, 2010
    Last Tuesday, she died from cardiac arrest at her home in East Point ... " Ms. Chestnut was days away from her 41st birthday. Last Tuesday, she died from cardiac arrest at her home in East Point. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Shiloh Baptist Church. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Chestnut was born in Brooklyn, New York, during a snowstorm. She, her siblings and mother moved to metro Atlanta in the 1970s. At A.D. Williams Elementary, she befriended... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Football: Police probe death of fan  Feb 8, 2010
    Stoke report that he was treated at the scene for a head injury and cardiac arrest ... He was treated at the Britannia Stadium for a head injury and cardiac arrest before being taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke's Web site reported. (CNN -- International)

    Police investigate Blackburn fan's death at Stoke  Feb 8, 2010
    The unnamed 30-year-old man was treated at the Britannia Stadium for a head injury and cardiac arrest. Staffordshire Police say the man died in the hospital just before 2 a.m. Sunday. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)

    Blackburn supporter injured at Stoke game dies  Feb 8, 2010
    The man, who was found unconscious in a stand during the game, was treated for a head injury and cardiac arrest, then rushed to the hospital. A police spokesman said: A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at 1. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Heart Device Usage Is Off Pace  Feb 7, 2010
    "Most people who have a cardiac arrest die-the survival rate is probably less than 10 percent-so the idea is, let's put the ICD in place, and the ICD will give them a shock and prevent death.". In the University of Maryland study, researchers reviewed medical records from 15,381 patients being treated at cardiology practices located throughout the U.S. According to the guidelines for use of ICDs, 7,532 of the patients were eligible for ICD implants, and 311 of them reported medical conditions... (FOX61, CT)

    Investigators seeking tips on burglary (3)  Feb 7, 2010
    The day after the burglary, Elizabeth Habenicht died of cardiac arrest. Even though her fragile medical condition was the cause of her death, her family feels that the stress from the intrusion and serious injury to the family pet contributed to her demise, according to the Sheriff's Department. (Boerne Star, TX)

    Infotainment  Feb 6, 2010
    Murphy, 32, the co-star of movies Clueless and 8 Mile suffered a cardiac arrest on December 20 in the bathroom of her. Pepsi Super Bowl Fan JamMIAMI BEACH: Singer Rihanna performs onstage at the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam. (Daily Times, Pakistan)

    Rare heart conditions a danger to teen athletes  Feb 6, 2010
    A study published last year in the journal of the American Heart Association looked at 1,866 U.S. athletes, ages 8 to 39, who either died from or survived sudden cardiac arrest between 1980 and 2006. Of the athletes who died, 56 percent suffered cardiac arrest; about a third of them were attributed to cardiomyopathy ... But even cardiac arrest - the most common cause - is so rare that doctors were shocked by the collapse of the two teenage basketball players from the East Bay within four days. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Actress died of pneumonia  Feb 6, 2010
    Officials said Murphy, 32, had gone into sudden cardiac arrest because of ''drug intake'', and her death on December 20 was classified as an accident. They said an autopsy report would be available in two weeks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Brain Scans Suggest Some Vegetative Patients May Be Aware  Feb 5, 2010
    And all of those were patients who had suffered traumatic brain injury, not "anoxic" brain injury caused by a lack of oxygen from, say, cardiac arrest. The ultimate hope is that brain scans could one day enable some level of communication, said Dr. Joseph Fins, a professor of medicine and public health and chief of the division of medical ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (MEDLINEplus)

    Drug offers hope to heart patients  Feb 5, 2010
    More than 1300 Australians a month have the surgery to urgently restore blood flow to the heart after a cardiac arrest, but one in four transplants fails within five years because the body senses the vein does not belong and slowly closes it off. After 10 years, less than 60 per cent of the patients are still free of life-threatening blockages in the new vein. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Family dog killed in random pit bull encounter  Feb 4, 2010
    Bernie Carlson took his two rescued Yorkshire terriers, Buster and Max, outside, and then the unthinkable happened (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Be wary of hype on global recovery  Feb 1, 2010
    The data show that we are in a delicate period, which he called a post cardiac arrest situation. We have not been successful in getting the global economy out of recession yet, and we should not fall into a business as usual mode which is being promoted by big bankers and those they try to influence, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Coroner Puts Off Cause of Death Determination for Brittany Murphy  Jan 31, 2010
    Brittany Murphy died after going into cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home on Sunday, December 20, 2009 ... When paramedics arrived, the notes say, Brittany was "without signs of life." The actress was in full cardiac arrest when she arrived at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and was declared dead shortly after 10 a.m.. (FOX61, CT)

    Volusia investigates EVAC's role in woman's death  Jan 31, 2010
    When she slipped into cardiac arrest -- and after an EVAC ambulance had not arrived 11 minutes after the initial 9-1-1 call -- the rescue workers requested permission to take her to the closest hospital ... EVAC was informed that Cianfrocca was in cardiac arrest several minutes after Edgewater firefighters worked on her as they waited for the ambulance to arrive. (Daytona Beach News Journal)

    Noted Polish scholar on Tamil literature dies  Jan 31, 2010
    She was suffering from a heart ailment for the past few months and it seems she died following cardiac arrest. She was working as a teacher of Tamil language and literature for the past 30 years at Warsaw University. (India Times, India -- Community News)

    Plano Blockbuster store hosts midnight This Is It DVD release party  Jan 29, 2010
    They were scheduled to begin in July 2009, but less than three weeks before the first concert Jackson died from cardiac arrest. Share this Article. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

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