Australia to Establish World’s Largest Registry of Cardiac Arrest Deaths

Australian health scientists will establish the world’s largest registry of sudden cardiac arrest deaths as they seek to unveil the mysteries behind the cardiovascular condition. The project, carried out by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute with support from the Heart Foundation, will combine and examine data from two large cardiac arrest databases to create a new super-registry called CODEX-SD. According to the Heart Foundation, the new registry, which links ambulance and forensic data, will serve as a one-stop archive for Australia’s data on cardiac arrests, allowing researchers to examine rare conditions, identify trends, and better understand the cardiac experiences of under-represented populations....