Undetected cardiac lesions cause unexpected sudden cardiac death during occasional sport activity. A report of 80 cases A report on 80 cases
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Undetected cardiac lesions cause unexpected sudden cardiac death during occasional sport activity. A report of 80 cases.
The retrospective analysis of 1500 forensic autopsies after sudden cardiac death showed that 80 (77 men, three women) had died following sport, for which they had been inadequately trained. The chosen sport (both dynamic and static), and the cardiac pathology discovered during autopsy make it possible to divide the population into two groups. Group 1 were those under 30 years of age (27 cases) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0195-668X
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1403