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Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports

Author(s) -

Cameron Landry,

Katherine S. Allan,

Kim A. Connelly,

Kris Cunningham,

Laurie J. Morrison,

Paul Dorian

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1615710

Subject(s) - medicine , sudden cardiac arrest , sudden cardiac death , athletes , incidence (geometry) , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , sudden death , competitive athletes , cardiology , emergency medicine , medical emergency , physical therapy , physics , optics

The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during participation in sports activities remains unknown. Preparticipation screening programs aimed at preventing sudden cardiac arrest during sports activities are thought to be able to identify at-risk athletes; however, the efficacy of these programs remains controversial. We sought to identify all sudden cardiac arrests that occurred during participation in sports activities within a specific region of Canada and to determine their causes.

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