Sudden cardiac death after manual or automated snow removal

To examine the proximate circumstances of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the setting of major snowstorms, we reviewed records from the medical examiners' offices of 3 counties in the weeks before, during, and after 2 heavy snowfalls that occurred in the greater metropolitan Detroit area. Of thos...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2003-10, Vol.92 (7), p.833-835
Main Authors: Chowdhury, Pertha S., Franklin, Barry A., Boura, Judith A., Dragovic, Ljubisa J., Kanluen, Sawait, Spitz, Werner, Hodak, Jerry, O'Neill, William W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Distribution
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary heart disease
Coronary vessels
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology
Deaths
Female
Heart
Heart surgery
Humans
Incidence
Intervention
Male
Medical sciences
Michigan - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Physical Exertion
Reference Values
Sex Distribution
Snow
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Summary:To examine the proximate circumstances of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the setting of major snowstorms, we reviewed records from the medical examiners' offices of 3 counties in the weeks before, during, and after 2 heavy snowfalls that occurred in the greater metropolitan Detroit area. Of those who experienced SCD due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (n = 271), 36 (33 men, 3 women) were engaged in snow removal, representing the largest number of exertion-related deaths after heavy snowfalls reported to date.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00894-4