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What exactly are the risk factors that lead up to this type of event?
by dzuc 14y ago
What exactly are the risk factors that lead up to this type of event?
- teddyknox 14y agoThat's what I want to know, this is scary stuff...
- Alex3917 14y agoAt age 21, prescription amphetamines are probably the biggest risk factor.
- Daniel_Newby 14y agoPrescription stimulants are remarkably safe in sensible doses—they make the heart beat faster but do little to destabilize it. The stimulant risk comes from cocaine, which directly interferes with electricity by jamming sodium channels shut.
- Alex3917 14y agoThey're relatively safe for any given individual, but overall they're still a huge factor in sudden cardiac arrest at this age.
- Daniel_Newby 14y agoA few minutes with PubMed turns up no causal relationship. One study did find a sudden cardiac death odds ratio of ~2, but the dose response curve was flat suggesting lack of causality.
- kayoone 14y agoIt is often related to hypertrophy of the heart muscle, at least this is a common cause in the sudden death of young athletes.