Preferred Label : Sudden Cardiac Death Related to COVID-19;
NCIt synonyms : SCD Related to COVID-19;
NCIt related terms : Sudden cardiac death;
NCIt definition : Sudden cardiac death in a patient with probable or confirmed acute COVID-19.;
Alternative definition : ACC/AHA: Death that occurs unexpectedly and suddenly without ROSC in a patient with
probable or confirmed acute COVID-19 and not within 30 d of an acute MI. Sudden cardiac
death includes the following scenarios: a. Death witnessed and occurring without new
or worsening symptoms b. Death witnessed within 60 min of the onset of new or worsening
cardiac symptoms, unless the symptoms suggest acute MI c. Death witnessed and attributed
to an identified arrhythmia (e.g., captured on an ECG recording, witnessed on a monitor,
with asystole, pulseless electrical activity, ventricular tachycardia, or ventricular
fibrillation, or unwitnessed but found on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator review)
d. Unwitnessed death in a subject seen alive and clinically stable less than or equal
to 24 h prior to being found dead without any evidence supporting a specific noncardiovascular
cause of death (information regarding the patient's clinical status preceding death
should be provided, if available);
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1904920;
Origin ID : C191626;
UMLS CUI : C5784620;
Semantic type(s)
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