Risks of the Athletic Field Revisited: Report of Unusual Occurrences of Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Death in Professional Soccer Players
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11130/23:10451370
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=cz0cXhWr1s" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=cz0cXhWr1s</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.11.014" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.11.014</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Risks of the Athletic Field Revisited: Report of Unusual Occurrences of Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Death in Professional Soccer Players
Original language description
BACKGROUND: Sudden deaths in competitive athletes are highly visible but potentially preventable events that generate great interest amongst the cardiovascular community and general public. METHODS: Internet searches was performed using a combination of keywords and operators to produce search results for sudden death or cardiac arrest on the field in professional soccer players. RESULTS: We identified 35 male professional soccer players (mean age 26 +- 5 years) who experienced collapse and cardiac arrest on the field (most during matches) in Europe from December 2002 to February 2022 with 63 % in the last 6 years. Twenty-five have died on the field or later in a hospital despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Of the 10 survivors, eight were implanted with cardioverter-defibrillators for secondary (n=6) or primary (n=2) prevention and returned to full competition; five of the 8 required successful device therapy during matches or training. CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac arrest and sudden death can occur not uncommonly in professional athletes highly trained over decades and participating at an elite sports level. Our observations also underscore the importance of targeted preparticipation cardiovascular screening, and availability of external defibrillators on the playing field.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
American Journal of Medicine
ISSN
0002-9343
e-ISSN
1555-7162
Volume of the periodical
136
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
315-321
UT code for WoS article
000944514700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85146470662