Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden Cardiac Arrest During Sports Activity in Middle Age Running title: Marijon et al.; Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Sports

Background—Sports-associated sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) occur mostly during middle age.

Sudden cardiac arrest during sports.

Exercise can trigger an acute cardiac event which may precipitate sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). On the other hand, exercise is important for physical fitness and prevention of cardiovascular disease, and the medical community should therefore inform the general public of the health benefits of sports and exercise. At the same time, the public are exposed to alarmist mass media coverage of athlet...

Sudden cardiac arrest during sports activity in middle age.

BACKGROUND Sports-associated sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) occur mostly during middle age. We sought to determine the burden, characteristics, and outcomes of SCA during sports among middle-aged residents of a large US community. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with SCA who were 35 to 65 years of age were identified in a large, prospective, population-based study (2002-2013), with systematic and...

Cardiomyopathic lentiginosis/LEOPARD syndrome presenting as sudden cardiac arrest.

A 26-year-old apparently healthy man with numerous pigmented skin lesions collapsed during an evening party and was resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and subaortic tunnel were disclosed by angiocardiography. A diagnosis of cardiomyopathic lentiginosis/lentigines (multiple), electrocardiographic abnormalities, ocular hypertelorism, pulmonary stenosis, abnorm...