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What Are The Chances Of A Cardiac Arrest Reoccurrence?

I have a family member who suffered a cardiac arrest in sept. 2017, and was without oxygen for a long period of time. He was in the hospital until dec the moved to nursing home until yesterday he returned home. What are his chances of this happening again
Mon, 11 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

After going through your medical query I understand your concern for your health and I would like to tell you that if he got the right treatment for the cause of cardiac arrest then kindly be very regular with medication and diet which is advised to him and follow up with your cardiologist every 3 months. Kindly ask your treating Cardiologist to avoid re-occurrence who can guide you according to which cardiac disease he is suffering with.

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What Are The Chances Of A Cardiac Arrest Reoccurrence?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. After going through your medical query I understand your concern for your health and I would like to tell you that if he got the right treatment for the cause of cardiac arrest then kindly be very regular with medication and diet which is advised to him and follow up with your cardiologist every 3 months. Kindly ask your treating Cardiologist to avoid re-occurrence who can guide you according to which cardiac disease he is suffering with. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.