Indore girl suffers sudden cardiac arrest while dancing on stage

The incident of a 23-year-old girl from Indore collapsing while dancing at a wedding and later passing away due to suspected sudden cardiac arrest brings to mind a 26-year-old patient. This young man from Bengaluru was a fitness enthusiast, a non-smoker, and did not consume alcohol. However, one day, he went to sleep and never woke up.

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Indore Incident Highlights the Silent Danger of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

This kind of sudden death occurs when heart activity ceases, preventing oxygenated blood from flowing to the organs and shutting them down. The person can die within minutes due to a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), where the heart muscles thicken and enlarge to disrupt heartbeats. A person has a 50% chance of inheriting it if one parent has the condition. I found that the 26-year-old’s dad had it too. In the girl’s case, reports mention her brother died from a heart condition at age 12— another sign of genetic traits within families.

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I follow up on 300 such patients in Bengaluru who were tested on time. HCM affects one in 500 people, so with India’s population, at least three crore people may have it. While 95% of cases are benign, 5% can be life-threatening. Sadly, it often remains undetected until a person collapses.

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