Assessment of genetic causes of cardiac arrest.

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Unexplained cardiac arrest is defined as a cardiac arrest in the absence of coronary artery disease and overt structural heart disease, present in 5%-10% of cardiac arrest survivors. A genetic contribution to cardiac arrest is more common in this population, most commonly attributed to an inherited ion channel abnormality leading to familial syncope and sudden death. The common causes are Long QT and Brugada...

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