Heart Disease

Heart Scan Taking Center Stage in Sudden Cardiac Death

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 18th, 2008

Each year, more than 310,000 Americans die without even experiencing a symptom or indication of heart disease, according to a 2008 report from the American Heart Association(1). It's called sudden cardiac death (SCD), the same tragic fate that awaited Tim Russert and shocked the nation when the news commentator died suddenly of a heart attack in June.

"SCD victims don't feel any pain, they don't have time to get to a phone, and they die at their desk or on the kitchen floor. Their first symptom is their last; that's the cruel nature of heart disease," said Dennis R. Breen, M.D., F.A.C.C., of Sacramento HeartScan.

Breen said Russert's death was a...

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