Cardiac Arrest during Long-Distance Running Races

The authors report on a U.S. registry of cardiac arrests during marathons and half-marathons. The rate of arrest was equal to or lower than rates for other strenuous physical activities. The most common cause was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease. Participation in long-distance...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 366; no. 2; pp. 130 - 140
Main Authors Kim, Jonathan H, Malhotra, Rajeev, Chiampas, George, d'Hemecourt, Pierre, Troyanos, Chris, Cianca, John, Smith, Rex N, Wang, Thomas J, Roberts, William O, Thompson, Paul D, Baggish, Aaron L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 12.01.2012
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Arteriosclerosis
Autopsy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrest
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - complications
Cardiovascular diseases
Data processing
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology
Defibrillators
Fatalities
Female
General aspects
Heart Arrest - epidemiology
Heart Arrest - etiology
Heart diseases
Heart rate
Humans
Incidence
Male
Marathons
Medical records
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Races
Risk Factors
Running
Search engines
Sex Factors
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
United States
United States > US
Medicine
Cardiocirculatory arrest
Ethnic origin
Long distance
Race
Running
Cardiovascular disease
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Summary:The authors report on a U.S. registry of cardiac arrests during marathons and half-marathons. The rate of arrest was equal to or lower than rates for other strenuous physical activities. The most common cause was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease. Participation in long-distance running races has increased annually in the United States. In 2010, there were approximately 2 million participants in marathon and half-marathon races, as compared with fewer than 1 million participants in 2000. 1 This increase has been driven in part by heightened public awareness of the health benefits of regular physical exercise. However, the growth of long-distance running has been accompanied by studies documenting post-race cardiac dysfunction 2 , 3 and numerous reports of race-related cardiac arrest. 4 – 7 These unexpected tragedies attract considerable media attention and have led to concerns regarding the health risks of this activity. 8 – 11 Sudden death . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1106468