triathletes sudden death

BACKGROUND: In many cardiac diseases, myocardial scar tissue detected by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is a risk factor for cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Previous studies in athletes reported an increased risk for cardiac events in this group of ostensibly healthy subjects. However, the currently available longitudinal studies on this topic included fairly old marathon runners with a mean age of 57 ± 6 years or represent a case-control study in athletes with preexisting ventricular arrhythmia...

INTRODUCTION: Sudden cardiac death in athletes is rare (0.5 to 1 per 100 000 athlete years), but sudden cardiac death in known athletes causes general shock. OBJECTIVE: Our research aim was to collect and study as many sudden cardiac death cases as possible, judge the role of stress and look for ways to reduce fatal tragedies. METHOD: From registers and newspaper articles found on the Internet, we collected 360 (including 14 women) athletes' sudden cardiac death cases where the sport, age and place of death (during training/competition/after) could be determined...

PURPOSE: This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of adverse cardiac events, as identified in the media, in world-class athletes according to their sex and sports discipline. METHODS: All female and male' athletes, from 30 individual Olympic sports, ranked in the international yearly top 10 between 2006-2018, were included. The name of each of them was associated in a Google search with selected key terms related to heart disease and/or acute cardiac events after their inclusion date...

BACKGROUND: Swimming induced pulmonary oedema is an uncommon occurrence and usually presents during strenuous distance swimming in cold water. The prevalence is most likely underreported and the underlying mechanisms are controversial. The purpose of this study was to summarize the evidence with regards to prevalence, pathophysiology and treatment of swimming induced pulmonary oedema in endurance athletes. METHODS: Medline, Embase, Scopus and Google Scholar were searched and level I-IV from 1970 to 2017 were included...

Background: Reports of race-related triathlon fatalities have raised questions regarding athlete safety. Objective: To describe death and cardiac arrest among triathlon participants. Design: Case series. Setting: United States. Participants: Participants in U.S. triathlon races from 1985 to 2016. Measurements: Data on deaths and cardiac arrests were assembled from such sources as the U...

"Sudden cardiac death" in seemingly healthy, active, and asymptomatic people has always been a tragic fact and is now occurring more frequently. Thus, the preventive detection of "subjects at risk" becomes a priority. A traditional resting electrocardiogram can sometimes give useful indications. Fifty-two competitive triathletes were compared with 22 control persons with similar anthropometric parameters. All subjects underwent the same noninvasive cardiac exploration with electrocardiography, bidimensional echo-Doppler examination, and maximal spiroergometric exercise tests, on a stationary bicycle as well as on a treadmill...

HISTORY: Some weeks previously a 34-year old athlete, specializing in the triathlon, had 6 syncopes in one day. They had caused abrasions and contusions resulting from the falls. At another hospital paroxysmal atrial fibrillation had been diagnosed and treatment with disopyramide (2 x 200 mg) initiated, but she had about 15 further syncopes within 2 weeks. She was admitted for establishing their cause. INVESTIGATIONS: Initial ECGs and neurological examination failed to provide a diagnosis and she was discharged with an "event recorder"...

OBJECTIVES: The primary purpose was to evaluate the prevalence of late potentials (LPs) in triathletes before and after a half ironman triathlon. The secondary purpose was to examine whether LPs are the electrocardiographic expression of a greater myocardial mass. METHODS: Nine asymptomatic male triathletes (mean age +/- SD, 32 +/- 5 yr) were examined using signal-averaged ECG (SAECG) 48-72 h before (PRE), immediately after (POST), and 24-48 h after the completion (RECOVERY) of a half ironman triathlon...

UNLABELLED: Sudden death is a tragic fact, unexpectedly arising in all age groups. Ventricular arrhythmias are the main cause. At the end of a maximal exercise test more ventricular premature beats were noted in a group of well trained triathletes compared with a similar control group. The etiology is multifactorial. When these ventricular premature beats are associated with specific structural and functional heart adaptations, echocardiographically and electrocardiographically well-documented, then those 'banal' ventricular premature beats cannot longer be considered as a physiological phenomenon...