Three days after President Pranab Mukherjee underwent angioplasty at Army Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi, ex-home minister RR Patil suffered cardiac arrest and had an angiography done at the Bombay Hospital in Marine Lines on Monday.
The minister was at his residence on Saturday morning when his heart stopped beating following a sudden cardiac arrest. The doctors performed resuscitation to revive his heart. He was then rushed to Bombay Hospital. Currently, he is being monitored in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the hospital. (Read: Now a blood test to predict if you re going to have a sudden cardiac arrest!)
In a statement to TOI, cardiologist Dr BK Goyal, who is currently treating Patil, said that his blood pressure was low and he was sweating a lot when he was admitted. Goyal also mentioned that the angiography reports have not revealed a lot about his condition and as to what caused a sudden cardiac arrest. The doctors have not spotted any blockages in his arteries. He will be discharged soon.
So what could have caused a sudden cardiac arrest?
According to the doctors the angiography reports are clear and do not show any blockages, which usually result in a sudden cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack. In a heart attack the blood flow to the heart gets impaired, while in cardiac arrest the heart stops pumping blood to the organs of the body. In short there is no blood circulation. According to the doctors, cardiac arrest could be a result of shock, happiness or any other underlying problem. Some of the known causes and risk factors of cardiac arrest include:
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