$2.3 million grant supports research to predict sudden cardiac arrest

The grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will support the exploration of risk factors such as sex hormones in the blood, genetics and electrical and structural abnormalities of the heart

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LOS ANGELES — A physician-researcher at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute will use a $2.3 million grant to study how to better predict sudden cardiac arrest, the deadly heart condition that kills an estimated 300,000 Americans each year, the institute announced Wednesday.

In recent years, Dr. Sumeet S. Chugh and his team of researchers have identified several risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest, including levels of sex hormones in the blood, genetics and electrical and structural abnormalities of the heart.

The grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will support research with patients 35-59 years old. To date, most published studies have focused almost exclusively on patients 60 and older.

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