death, sudden, cardiac

Preferred Label : death, sudden, cardiac;

MeSH definition : Unexpected rapid natural death due to cardiovascular collapse within one hour of initial symptoms. It is usually caused by the worsening of existing heart diseases. The sudden onset of symptoms, such as CHEST PAIN and CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, particularly VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, can lead to the loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest followed by biological death. (from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 7th ed., 2005);

MeSH synonym : sudden death, cardiac; cardiac death, sudden; cardiac sudden death; death, cardiac sudden; sudden cardiac death; death, sudden cardiac;

Related MeSH term : sudden cardiac arrest; Arrest, Sudden Cardiac; Cardiac Arrests, Sudden; Cardiac Arrest, Sudden;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with DEATH, SUDDEN or with HEART ARREST;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden cardiac death;

Details

Origin ID

D016757;

UMLS CUI

C0085298;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
CISMeF manual mappings
- sudden cardiac death [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sudden Cardiac Death [NCIt concept]
- Sudden cardiac death [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Sudden cardiac death [HPO term]
- Sudden cardiac death (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sudden cardiac death [Disease (Nov.)]
HPO term
- Sudden cardiac death [HPO term]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- cardiac arrest [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- death, sudden, cardiac [MeSH concept]
- sudden cardiac arrest [MeSH concept]
See also
- commotio cordis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pathologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sudden Cardiac Death [NCIt concept]
- Sudden cardiac death [HPO term]
- Sudden cardiac death [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Sudden cardiac death (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sudden cardiac death [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- heart arrest [MeSH Descriptor]

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