Sudden cardiac death in athletes - what can be done?

Sudden death in athletes is a rare event but brings with it an impact that goes beyond sport. There are many causes of sudden death during exercise. While the responsibility of preventing or treating them lays with us physicians, preparticipation screening is largely ineffective and impractical. Def...

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Published inIndian pacing and electrophysiology journal Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 139 - 141
Main Author Ghosh, Joydeep
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group 01.07.2006
Elsevier
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athletes
exercise
sudden cardiac death
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Summary:Sudden death in athletes is a rare event but brings with it an impact that goes beyond sport. There are many causes of sudden death during exercise. While the responsibility of preventing or treating them lays with us physicians, preparticipation screening is largely ineffective and impractical. Definitive, large scale prospective research is required in order to design the most cost-effective system for screening of athletes. In the meanwhile rapid access to defibrillators by trained personnel remains the best possible approach to abort sudden death.
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ISSN:0972-6292
0972-6292