Football legend "diego maradona" died of cardiac arrest. How to prevent cardiac arrest? according to the doctor

Football legend diego maradona died suddenly of cardiac arrest at the age of 60. Farewell, Diego diego maradona, you will live in the hearts of fans forever.

1in the winter of 994, I found a Hong Kong version of football magazine in the garbage, which made me like you for the first time. I still remember your name was "Maerlant Na" in that book, and I didn't know your name was "Diego Diego Maradona" until I grew up. CCTV 5 played your "Hand of God" again and again, which made me remember it vividly. I just heard that your lifestyle is very casual, and I also saw your fat figure. My first impression was to advise you to pay attention to your heart health. I didn't expect to come so soon!

When it comes to the cardiac arrest experienced by football legend diego maradona, we have to say "sudden cardiac death". Even in authoritative medical textbooks, cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death are all introduced in one chapter. It is because of cardiac arrest, which is the most direct cause of sudden cardiac death. Let's talk about this knowledge.

Cardiac arrest refers to the sudden stop of cardiac ejection function caused by various reasons. After general cardiac arrest, the most serious consequence is cerebral ischemia and hypoxia. If it lasts more than 10 second, the human body will lose consciousness and syncope. Severe cases lead to sudden death. Sudden cardiac death refers to sudden death within 1 hour after the onset of acute cardiac symptoms, and cardiac arrest is an important cause of sudden cardiac death.

At present, there are 330 million people with cardiovascular diseases. It can be said that more than two out of every five deaths in the world are due to cardiovascular diseases. Just like Mr diego maradona, even football legends are not immune. At the same time, I have to say that there are not a few cases of sudden cardiac death!

Relevant authoritative data show that 230,000 people die of sudden cardiac death every year in the United States (data 20 14), accounting for 50% of the deaths from cardiovascular diseases in the United States.

Not to mention the United States, how many people die of sudden cardiac death in China every year? According to the authoritative data of Beijing Fuwai Hospital, the number of sudden cardiac death in China is about 540,000 every year, which is equivalent to 1 person dying of sudden cardiac death every minute, many of which are due to cardiac arrest.

Let's start with cardiac arrest. The most common cause of cardiac arrest is ventricular tachyarrhythmia (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia), followed by bradyarrhythmia, and pulseless electrical activity is less common. However, the most common cause of the above arrhythmia is acute myocardial infarction with coronary heart disease as the common cause, followed by arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy.

If sudden cardiac death is subdivided, there are four main reasons: coronary heart disease (acute myocardial infarction), structural non-ischemic heart disease, hereditary arrhythmia cardiomyopathy (long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, etc. ) and some unexplained cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death.

Among these diseases, the most common cause is coronary heart disease (acute myocardial infarction), accounting for about 75%, followed by structural non-ischemic heart disease, accounting for about 15%, primary cardiac electrical disturbance accounting for about 10%, and 5% of sudden death cannot be found at all.

Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death are so terrible, how should they be prevented and treated? In fact, the most common cause of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death is acute myocardial infarction. If you talk about prevention at this time, I suggest you pay attention to a healthy diet, increase physical exercise, quit smoking and limit alcohol, control your weight, don't stay up late, have a moderate psychological balance, and control your blood pressure, blood lipids and blood sugar. Mr. diego maradona has been living casually for so many years. Perhaps these aspects are not well controlled, so the probability of cardiovascular disease is also high.

Moreover, for such patients, it is often necessary to rely on the care of patients and their families to find abnormal symptoms as soon as possible, such as chest pain and chest tightness, and then go to professional departments for examination and treatment as soon as possible. In addition, in the face of cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death, the most effective treatment is actually high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation and early defibrillation.

Dr. Zhang once again reminds everyone that once a patient with cardiac arrest is found, effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation should be given as soon as possible, and the sooner the better, because the sooner life can be saved. High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation can provide the brain with 25% blood supply for normal heartbeat, and can also delay the transformation of malignant arrhythmia, namely ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, to pulseless electrical activity. Early defibrillation can restore ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation to normal rhythm as soon as possible.

However, we must face the reality. Even in today's highly developed medicine, even a football legend like Mr. diego maradona will die of cardiac arrest, which actually reveals a cold display, that is, the treatment success rate of sudden cardiac death is still less than 10%. In order to improve the treatment level of this kind of patients with sudden cardiac death, the joint efforts of the whole society are needed. Only the participation and efforts of all the people in the whole society can improve the awareness rate and utilization rate of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED, which is the most effective method to treat sudden cardiac death.

Finally, I hope the football legend Mr. diego maradona will go all the way, and we will always remember you.