“Can a healthy person have cardiac arrest?”
I am a 39 year old male. I wonder if a healthy person can have cardiac arrest?
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Edwin Rodriguez-Cruz
Cardiologist
The simple answer to this is YES. But is somewhat complex. A healthy person should not have a cardiac arrest ”just because”. However, there are situations when a person can have it. Examples are, with the use of drugs (ie: cocaine, heroin, synthetic drugs), or if the person receives a really hard punch over the chest at a specific time interval during the cardiac cycle. For the later you can search under ”commotio cordis”.