sudden death

(Rice University) Researchers from Rice University and Emory University plan to test whether a new "law of biology" can predict when the health of critically ill patients is about to worsen, and which treatments can prevent it.

In a preliminary study, the researchers identified a subtle signal within EKG data that showed how the heart was going to behave several minutes later.

They will use the technique to create software for patient-specific health forecasts.

(American Heart Association) Postmortem testing to identify mutations associated with sudden cardiac death is less expensive than comprehensive cardiac tests for surviving relatives.

Many insurers cover comprehensive cardiac tests of surviving relatives, but few cover postmortem testing.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according to a medical journal report....

(Fundación BBVA) Genetic testing is vital if the condition is to be caught in time, since most cases are asymptomatic and hard to diagnose by other means.

LONDON (AP) -- A British health official said Tuesday that the sudden death of 14-year-old girl was very unlikely to have been caused by the vaccine she was given hours before she died....