Sports-related sudden cardiac death in a competitive and a noncompetitive athlete population aged 12 to 49 years: Data from an unselected nationwide study in Denmark

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1673-1681

  Risgaard, Bjarke ^a,b   Winkel, Bo Gregers ^a,b   Jabbari, Reza ^a,b   Glinge, Charlotte ^a,b   Ingemann Hansen, Ole ^c   Thomsen, Jørgen Lange ^d   Ottesen, Gyda Lolk ^e   Haunsø, Stig ^a,b,f   Holst, Anders Gaarsdal ^a,b   Tfelt Hansen, Jacob ^a,b  

^a DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Athletes; Epidemiology; Preparticipation screening; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS RELATED SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETES; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920543104     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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