Back to Search
Start Over
Sudden death in athletes.
- Source :
-
Clinical medicine (London, England) [Clin Med (Lond)] 2012 Jun; Vol. 12 (3), pp. 253-6. - Publication Year :
- 2012
-
Abstract
- Sudden cardiac death in an athlete is a rare and heartrending event, often occurring in the absence of warning symptoms. The causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes are age dependent and demonstrate a degree of geographical variation. Pre-participation screening is recommended by both the European Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association although there is no consensus regarding the utilisation of an electrocardiogram. This article will review the aetiology of sudden cardiac death and will present the evidence for pre-participation screening.
- Subjects :
- Age Factors
Asymptomatic Diseases mortality
Female
Humans
Male
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sports physiology
Sports Medicine methods
Young Adult
Athletes
Cardiovascular Diseases complications
Cardiovascular Diseases congenital
Cardiovascular Diseases diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases mortality
Cardiovascular Diseases physiopathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac epidemiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac prevention & control
Electrocardiography standards
Mass Screening methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1470-2118
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical medicine (London, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22783778
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-253