Abstract
Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes: Current Knowledge and Newer Concepts
Highlights
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is a relatively rare but devastating event for the athlete’s family and for the community as it is totally unexpected and occurs in apparently healthy young individuals [1,2]
Sudden cardiac death is most commonly related to life-threatening arrhythmias such as Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) or Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) that can strike both professional and amateur athletes
This study reported that ECG was a cost-effective tool as the cost per year of live saved was about 44000 USD assuming a risk of sudden death per year of 1 per 100 000
Summary
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is a relatively rare but devastating event for the athlete’s family and for the community as it is totally unexpected and occurs in apparently healthy young individuals [1,2]. Sudden cardiac death is generally defined as death related to cardiac arrest occurring within 1 hour from the onset of symptoms. Other definitions have been used some of them excluding myocardial infarction [3]. SCD occurs in most instances during sports or immediately afterwards (
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