please look at this guys...!!a request..!

[jyoti130192]

Hello.My father is an army officer.He was earlier posted to patna,bihar(india)
now in october last year he got posted to an area called bandipore near srinagar (jammu and kashmir).He was on leave from november end to january 22.On 24 he reached srinagar,on 29 of the same month we heard of this very bad news.He was playing basketball,he fell down while playing and suddenly went unconscious.According to the doctor there they couldn't find a pulse and in the ground itself within 5 minutes or so everything had happened.He has been a sports person all through his life with an A shape according to army reports.We have been told by various people that this could be a heart failure due to change in weather or probably a cardiac arrest.We have no clue what could be the reason?His age was 51 or so,Also he didn't use to dress with so many layers but can something happen in jus 4-5 days??please answer..

[ed34]

In 51% of such cases in military forces, causes are cardiomyopathy, cardiac rhythm disturbances, hypertensive heart disease, congestive heart failure.

It could have been a severe heart attack where some plaque ruptured, blocked the lower end of the vessel, and a clot formed at the rupture site, causing a double whammy.

[grendslori]

Chances are that your father suffered a cardiac arrest due to some type of arrhythmia or irregular heart beat. This is NOT heart failure which is a chronic form of heart disease where the muscles of the heart are diseased. Arrhythmias can cause a sudden death event and many young athelets have died on the basketballcourts or on the football field due to arrhythmias. your father needs to be evaluated by an EP Specialist who deals with the electrical issues with the heart.