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Air Pollution and Cold Days Spike Cardiac Events

sudden cardiac arrest

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  • There are physiological differences between a heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), often leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD), as SCA is triggered by an electrical change in the heart and not an arterial blockage, one of the symptoms conventionally associated with a heart attack

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