Citation

Duraković Z, Duraković MM, Skavić J. Coll. Antropol. 2011; 35(3): 793-796.

Affiliation

Institute for Anthropological Research, Department of Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology, Zagreb, Croatia. zdurakovic@inantro.hr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Croatian Anthropological Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22053558

Abstract

The paper deals with the sudden cardiac death during training in male athletes in Croatia. The data are a part of a retrospective study dealing with 67 sudden death due to physical activity in men in Croatia during 25 years: from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 2010. Two of them suddenly died during training due to malignant ventricular arrhythmia because of the arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. First was a short trails runner aged 24, with no any previous physical discomforts, who suddenly collapsed and died during training. The second was a soccer player aged 13, with no any previous physical discomfort, who suddenly collapsed and died during training. A sudden cardiac death due to physical exercise in young athletes in Croatia suffered of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia reached 0.07/ 100.000 yearly (p = 0.00000), in all young athletes suffered of heart diseases reached 0.19/100 000 (p = 0.00005), and in the total male population aged 15-40 engaged in sports and recreational physical exercise: 0.71/100.0000 (p = 0.00001).

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