Will anti-arrhythmic drug beat sudden cardiac arrest?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 06:31
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in the United States. This form of heart attack kills 325,000 people every year, representing one death every two minutes. Almost all SCA victims die before they even reach a hospital. To identify a drug that paramedics can use in the field, UC San Diego Health System has opened a clinical trial to evaluate two medications to help restore the heart beat.