Epidemiology of Football-Related Sudden Cardiac Death in Turkey

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 57; no. 10; p. 1105
• Main Authors: Işın, Ali, Turgut, Adnan, Peden, Amy E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 14.10.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Age groups; Athletes; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary vessels; Defibrillators; Exercise; Football; Heart attacks; injury; Lifesaving; Mortality; Participation; Physical fitness; Population; prevention; sport; Turkish language; United States > US; Turkey

Background and Objectives: Sudden cardiac death (SCD), particular among elite footballers, has attracted much attention in recent times. However, limited information exists on football-related SCD in Turkey. Autopsy-based studies of sports-related sudden deaths in Turkey are rare and often have smal...