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June 30, 2011Current Opinion in Critical Care

Sudden cardiac death in young athletes and nonathletes

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Healthy young adults, including competitive athletes and members of the general population

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BCBrian CrossNEN.A. Mark EstesMLMark S. Link

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Overview

Reinforces hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the primary screening target in young athletes; leaves open the.

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Population
Healthy young adults, including competitive athletes and members of the general population
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Outcome
Incidence and causes of sudden cardiac deathhard clinical

Sudden cardiac death in young individuals is rare (0.4-13.4 per 100,000 patient-years), with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy being the most common cause in athletes, whereas causes are more varied in nonathletes.

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Cross et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70eb01f44fa9f079deaa8ehttps://doi.org/10.1097/mcc.0b013e328348bf84
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