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While cardiac arrest in athletes may not always make headlines, it occurs more often than many realize, Gounder said. "It really hits the headlines when it's somebody famous, like Damar Hamlin, like Bronny James. But this is certainly something that happens," Gounder said. A study by re...
Eye on America: Cardiac arrest in athletes and more Following the on-field collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, we find out what parents should know about cardiac arrest in young athletes. We also sit down at the dinner table for food and conversation about raising a multicultural fa...
Figure 1. Common Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes The common causes of SCD in young athletes <35 years old can be divided into structural, electrical, and acquired cardiac abnormalities (22). Structural cardiac abnormalities Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy The reported prevalence of HCM is...
Sudden cardiac death in athletes is usually due to underlying cardiovascular disease. In the young less than 30 years of age, the most common abnormality is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, followed by congenital coronary artery anomalies. The final common pathway is usually ventricular fibrillation. Sudden...
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Sudden cardiac arrest is believed to be a leading cause of death in young athletes, although it occurs in young adults not involved in organized sports. Your doctor may advise you to avoid competitive sports if you’re at risk of sudden cardiac death. A cardiac arrest can also happen during...
Nonetheless, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in young athletes and may be preventable in many cases. However, current screening methods in the USA are inadequate to identify those at risk with sufficient sensitivity or specificity, or in a practical or cost-effective ...
Cases of SCA have occurred in those harbouring a genetic risk in the absence of an overt phenotype.7 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM, a common cause of SCD in young athletes, is characterized by an abnormally thickened ventricular myocardium that manifests during midlife, though can present in ...
The decision to initiate lipid lowering therapy in young people, particularly elite athletes, can be complicated. Without accurate prognostic tools for this population, the time course for coronary artery disease (CAD) may be overestimated. We present a complex case of a young patient with hyperlipi...