Diabetes Doubles Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

Sudden cardiac death is what it sounds like. It’s often caused by a rhythm disturbance like ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation but can also be the result of a massive heart attack (acute blockage of blood flow to heart muscle).

I’m hopeful that good control of diabetes will reduce the risk of death.

“Diabetes mellitus was associated with a 2-fold increase in the risk of sudden cardiac death in the general population.”

Source: Diabetes mellitus and the risk of sudden cardiac death: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies – Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases