IZNENADNE SMRTI KOD SPORTISTA
Unexplained deaths of young trained sportists are highly visible events, underscored by the widely publicized sudden cardiac deaths of elite professional athletes in the USA and more recently athletes from Europe, South America, and Africa. Thus the sudden deaths of sportists have had enormous impac...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Montenegrin Sports Academy and Faculty for Sport and Physical Education
2007-05-01
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| Series: | Sport Mont |
| Online Access: | http://www.sportmont.ucg.ac.me/clanci/SportMont_Maj_2007_Djukanovic_411-415.pdf |
| Summary: | Unexplained deaths of young trained sportists are highly visible events, underscored by the widely publicized sudden cardiac deaths of elite professional athletes in the USA and more recently athletes from Europe, South America, and Africa. Thus the sudden deaths of sportists have had enormous impact on the public consciousness and attitudes of the medical profession. Frequency of sudden cardiac deaths increases with age as the young adult athlete progresses to collegiate, professional, and fi nally senior status. Young competitive athletes who die suddenly are usually determined to have had silent cardiovascular diseases, predominantly either cardiomyopathies, premature coronary artery disease, or congenital coronary anomalies. |
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| ISSN: | 1451-7485 2337-0351 |