What happens when your heart suddenly stops? While a cardiac arrest in someone who is young, healthy and doesn’t have any underlying heart condition is rare, there is the small possibility that it could happen. To find out what explains these situations and what can be done to improve the person’s chances of survival when it happens, we’re joined by Dato’ Dr Yap Yee Guan, consultant interventional cardiologist from Sunway Medical Centre.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy

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