Sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death

  • Nursing/Interprofessional care
    • Diagnostic workup to rule out or confirm MI
      • Cardiac biomarkers
      • ECGs
      • Treat accordingly
    • Cardiac catheterization
    • PCI or CABG
    • 24-hour Holter monitoring
    • Exercise stress testing
    • Signal-averaged ECG
    • Electrophysiologic study (EPS)
    • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
    • Antidysrhythmic drugs
    • LifeVest

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