Sudden cardiac death in an Italian competitive athlete: Pre-participation screening and cardiovascular emergency care are both essential

Giulia d'Amati; Raffaele De Caterina; Cristina Basso

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.011

Sudden cardiac death in an Italian competitive athlete: Pre-participation screening and cardiovascular emergency care are both essential

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Mar 1:206:84-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.011. Epub 2016 Jan 6.

Authors

Giulia d'Amati¹, Raffaele De Caterina², Cristina Basso³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: cristina.basso@unipd.it.

PMID: 26780682
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy; Post-mortem examination; Primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death; Sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis*
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / prevention & control
Athletes*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators
Early Diagnosis
Emergency Medical Services / legislation & jurisprudence
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Humans
Italy
Male