The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes
The positive impact of exercise on cardiovascular health is well known. Athletes, who are constantly physically active, are considered to be the healthiest members of our society. That is why their sudden death, during the training or competition, attracts the attention of the general public. Rarely...
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| description | The positive impact of exercise on cardiovascular health is well known. Athletes, who are constantly physically active, are considered to be the healthiest members of our society. That is why their sudden death, during the training or competition, attracts the attention of the general public. Rarely, tragic events of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are the reason for questioning if by many positive there are also negative impact of physical exercise. The first case of SCD is recorded as far back as the year 490 BC, when the Greek soldier Pheidippides died after he conveyed news of the great victory of the Greeks over the Persians. Risk of SCD is recognized in the middle of the twentieth century. In our region, discussion about this issue began after the World Basketball Championship, which was held in Ljubljana in 1970, because of the sudden death of the national team member Trajko Rajkovic. One of the important goals of modern sports medicine is to reduce the risk of SCD in athletes to 'inevitable rarity'. Definition of SCD is considered to be any unexpected death due to sudden cardiac arrest. Pedo (Pedoe) has divided all causes of SCD in the sport into three categories: Commotio cordis (agitation of the heart), which results from blunt impact to the athletes chest with consequent fatal disorder of heart rhythm; SCD of athletes under the age of 35 because of structural, congenital and inflammatory heart disease, which includes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the most important cause of sudden cardiac death, congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and other; SCD of athletes older than 35 years which is most common due coronary artery disease - atherosclerosis (the dominant risk in the marathon and half-marathon). . |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df3777bca49f4dccbbcc011463ba37b42022-12-22T03:23:12ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Medical FacultyMedicinski Podmladak0369-15272466-55252016-01-01672515510.5937/medpodm1602051T0369-15271602051TThe most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletesTopalović Nikola0Mazić Sanja1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine - Institute of Physiology, Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Medical Physiology 'Rihard Burjan', Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade + Department of Sport Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of BelgradeThe positive impact of exercise on cardiovascular health is well known. Athletes, who are constantly physically active, are considered to be the healthiest members of our society. That is why their sudden death, during the training or competition, attracts the attention of the general public. Rarely, tragic events of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are the reason for questioning if by many positive there are also negative impact of physical exercise. The first case of SCD is recorded as far back as the year 490 BC, when the Greek soldier Pheidippides died after he conveyed news of the great victory of the Greeks over the Persians. Risk of SCD is recognized in the middle of the twentieth century. In our region, discussion about this issue began after the World Basketball Championship, which was held in Ljubljana in 1970, because of the sudden death of the national team member Trajko Rajkovic. One of the important goals of modern sports medicine is to reduce the risk of SCD in athletes to 'inevitable rarity'. Definition of SCD is considered to be any unexpected death due to sudden cardiac arrest. Pedo (Pedoe) has divided all causes of SCD in the sport into three categories: Commotio cordis (agitation of the heart), which results from blunt impact to the athletes chest with consequent fatal disorder of heart rhythm; SCD of athletes under the age of 35 because of structural, congenital and inflammatory heart disease, which includes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the most important cause of sudden cardiac death, congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and other; SCD of athletes older than 35 years which is most common due coronary artery disease - atherosclerosis (the dominant risk in the marathon and half-marathon). .http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0369-1527/2016/0369-15271602051T.pdfsudden cardiac deathphysical activityathleteshypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| spellingShingle | Topalović Nikola Mazić Sanja The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes Medicinski Podmladak sudden cardiac death physical activity athletes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| title | The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes |
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| title_short | The most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes |
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