Sudden death
DDx
DDx
DDx
Cardiac causes
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Complete heart block
- Sinus node arrest
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Long QT syndrome
- Atrial myxoma
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Pre-excitation syndrome (eg, Wolff-Parkinson-White)
- Chagas’ disease
- Coronary anomalies
- Brugada syndrome
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
Noncardiac causes & associated conditions - Pulmonary embolism
- Asthma
- Aortic dissection
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Tension pneumothorax
- Anaphylaxis
- Electrolyte abnormalities
- Cocaine or other drug use
- Primary pulmonary hypertension
- Aortic stenosis
- Pulmonic stenosis
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