Jodie Ingles, Bo Gregers Winkel, Christine M Albert, Fredrik Folke, Christian Van Der Werf, Zian Tseng, Hung-Fat Tse, Sang Do Shin, Comilla Sasson, Michael Papadakis, Marcus E H Ong, Theresa M Olasveengen, Jean-Benoît Le Polain De Waroux, Rudolph W Koster, Juhani Junttila, Taku Iwami, Eloi Marijon, Wei Hua, Gerhard Hindricks, Kaitlyn Greeley, Audrey Farrugia, Anastase Dzudie, Florence Dumas, Rajat Deo, Andre D'Avila, Lia Crotti, Marieke T Blom, Cristina Basso, Sérgio Barra, Karen Smith, Kumar Narayanan
Journal: Lancet (London, England) 2023;402(10405):883-936
PMID: 37647926
Despite major advancements in cardiovascular medicine, sudden cardiac death (SCD) continues to be an enormous medical and societal challenge, claiming millions of lives every year. Efforts to prevent SCD are hampered by imperfect risk prediction and inadequate solutions to specifically address arrhythmogenesis. Although resuscitation strategies have witnessed substantial evolution, there is a need to strengthen the organisation of community interventions and emergency medical systems across varied locations and health-care structures. With all the technological and medical advances of the 21st century, the fact that survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remains lower than 10% in most parts of the world is unacceptable. Recognising this urgent need, the Lancet Commission on SCD was constituted, bringing together 30 international experts in varied disciplines. Consistent progress in tackling SCD will require a completely revamped approach to SCD prevention, with wide-sweeping policy changes that will empower the development of both governmental and community-based programmes to maximise survival from SCA, and to comprehensively attend to survivors and decedents' families after the event. International collaborative efforts that maximally leverage and connect the expertise of various research organisations will need to be prioritised to properly address identified gaps. The Commission places substantial emphasis on the need to develop a multidisciplinary strategy that encompasses all aspects of SCD prevention and treatment. The Commission provides a critical assessment of the current scientific efforts in the field, and puts forth key recommendations to challenge, activate, and intensify efforts by both the scientific and global community with new directions, research, and innovation to reduce the burden of SCD worldwide.
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