Is irregular heartbeat related to cardiac arrest?

morgun · Newbie Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 5

My father died ten years ago after sudden cardiac arrest. I was too small to remember him but my mother told me how that’s happened. Now I started to worry that maybe it can happen to me also. I would like to know is irregular heartbeat related to cardiac arrest?

melita · Newbie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

My father was also a victim of cardiac arrest but he survived. I know that most cardiac arrests that lead to sudden death occur when the electrical impulses in the diseased heart become rapid or chaotic or even both. This irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.

Is irregular heartbeat related to cardiac arrest?

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