Sudden cardiac death: the dark side of exercise!
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The authors report the case of an apparently healthy 57-year-old male who died sudden and unexpectedly while running on a treadmill in a gymnasium. Postmortem examination revealed an “Ischæmic Cardiopathy”. Attention is drawn to the risk of exercise (especially if strenuous and non-regular) triggering Sudden Cardiac Death in adults, namely middle-aged or elderly, with or without known underlying pathology. Correspondence to: Rosa Henriques de Gouveia, Forensic Pathology Department, Delegação do Centro, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal e Ciências Forenses, I.P, Largo da Sé Nova, 3000-213, Coimbra, Portugal, Tel: +351962685650; [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2016