Tag: cardiac arrest

Study links NSAIDs with higher risk of cardiac arrest

by Selina McKee | Mar 16, 2017 | News | 0

Short-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), particularly diclofenac and ibuprofen, has been linked with an increased risk of cardiac arrest in research published in European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy.

Hundreds of thousands in the UK unaware of sudden death risk

by Selina McKee | Feb 1, 2017 | News | 0

The British Heart Foundation has estimated that 620,000 people in the UK are carrying a carrying a faulty gene that puts them at high risk sudden death, but warns that the majority are unaware of this.