Low overall risk of cardiac arrest during marathons
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Sudden cardiac arrest and death in United States marathons.
PURPOSE There is no reporting system for marathon-associated sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) or sudden cardiac death in the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate and characterize the risk of marathon-related SCA to assist with emergency planning. METHODS A retrospective Web-based survey was sent out to all US marathon medical directors (n = 400) to gather details of SCA includi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Cardiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1759-5002,1759-5010
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.9