TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Sudden death in young athletes
JO  - Praxis
A1  - Gojanovic, B.
A1  - Feihl, F.
A1  - Gremion, G.
A1  - Waeber, B.
SP  - 189
EP  - 198
VL  - 96
IS  - 6
N2  - Sudden cardiac death in a young athlete is a tragic and marking event, even though the media attention it gets is more important than its incidence (1-2/100000 per year). The main etiology is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, followed by coronary artery anomalies. Sometimes signs of myocarditis are found at autopsy. The pre-participation examination recommandations ask for oriented history and physical examination, routine EKG being controversial. A systematic screening program in Italy has reduced the occurrence of such deaths, which statistics are non-existant in Switzerland. It would be appropriate to implement a standardized pre-participation examination, as well as to make sure that the trainers, teachers and athletes themselves are able to recognize the frequent warning symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 1661-8157
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -