Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen significantly over the past two decades, even as overall incidence rates remain stable, according to a major new study from King County, Washington. The ...

Cardiac arrest affects the American population unevenly, and affects different types of athletes in different ways, Reddy said. It's more common among basketball, football and soccer players.

A man has said "words can't describe" his gratitude to medics and friends who saved his life after his heart stopped while ...

Cardiac arrest is rare among people under age 35 and the causes aren't always immediately clear. More than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen every year in the United States, ...

Differentiating between a heart attack, cardiac arrest, and chest pain is crucial for timely intervention. A heart attack ...

The chance of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest is as low as 10% without cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, Dadlani said. But those odds can get up to 60% using effective chest compressions ...

Prachi had reportedly missed school for two to three days due to a cold, but returned on Monday in seemingly good health.

Cardiac arrest can follow a heart attack, which is when a blockage keeps the heart from getting enough blood. The muscle starts to die, but unlike with cardiac arrest, it will continue to pump.

Anniston Fairbanks was diagnosed with a rare condition that led her to go into cardiac arrest at unpredictable times. Now, she wants to help other children who may need CPR at school.

Before his cardiac arrest, Ryan Chian was having a pretty normal day. The 15-year-old had run a mile in PE at school. Minutes into basketball tryouts at the local community center, he sank to the ...

Cardiac arrest - the sudden loss of heart function - causes more than 436,000 deaths in the United States each year, according to the American Heart Association.