Evolution of Incidence, Management, and Outcomes Over Time in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 238 - 246
• Main Authors: Karam, Nicole, Pechmajou, Louis, Narayanan, Kumar, Bougouin, Wulfran, Sharifzadehgan, Ardalan, Anys, Soraya, Weizman, Orianne, Perrot, David, Waldmann, Victor, Beganton, Frankie, Perier, Marie-Cécile, Rischard, Julien, Loeb, Thomas, Agostinucci, Jean-Marc, Lecarpentier, Eric, Jabre, Patricia, Jost, Daniel, Dumas, Florence, Cariou, Alain, Jouven, Xavier, Marijon, Eloi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 25.01.2022
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Athletes; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - statistics & numerical data; Datasets as Topic; Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology; Defibrillators - supply & distribution; Female; France - epidemiology; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Sex Distribution; Survival Analysis; France; sudden death; resuscitation; sports; temporal trends; prevention; basic life support

Major efforts have been made to reduce the burden of sports-related sudden cardiac arrest (SrSCA). The extent to which the incidence, management, and outcomes changed over time has not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to assess temporal trends in SrSCA incidence, management, and surv...