This is how Elvis Presley’s daughter died. A sign that the heart is failing

Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie died of cardiac arrest. In such situations, quick help is crucial. If symptoms appear, start resuscitation immediately and call an ambulance. When to react like that?

1. Lisa Marie Presley had heart problems

54-year-old Lisa Marie Presley, like her father, had heart problems. The singer and songwriter died on Thursday in the hospital, where she went after cardiac arrest.

The British Heart Foundation points out that in such situations you need to react immediately, call an ambulance and start resuscitation. “Without immediate treatment, such a person will die,” warn British experts.

Person who has suffered a cardiac arrest:

• suddenly loses consciousness
• does not respond to stimuli,
• not breathing normally.
• there is no palpable pulse.

2. Cardiac arrest – causes

As experts from BHF explain, cardiac arrest can occur as a result of heart rhythm disorders.

This can lead to:

• cardiomyopathies,
• congenital heart defect,
• heart valve disease
• severe or untreated myocarditis.

Other causes of cardiac arrest include:

• heart attack (often caused by ischemic heart disease),
• severe hemorrhage,
• hypoxia,
• electric shock,
• drug overdose.

In addition to death, cardiac arrest can result in serious health complications, including: permanent brain damage.

Katarzyna Prus, journalist of Wirtualna Polska

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