​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Cardiac Death, Sudden

​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Cardiac Death, Sudden1
NONCARDIAC
• CNS hemorrhage
• Massive pulmonary embolus
• Drug overdose
• Hypoxia secondary to lung disease
• Aortic dissection or rupture
CARDIAC
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Bradyarrhythmia, sick sinus syndrome
• Aortic stenosis
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Pericardial tamponade
• Cardiac tumors
• Complications of infective endocarditis
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (arrhythmia or obstruction)
• Myocardial ischemia
• Atherosclerosis
• Prinzmetal’s angina
• Kawasaki’s arteritis