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sudden cardiovascular death

 
Sports Science and Medicine: sudden cardiovascular death
 

Defined by the IOC Medical Commission at the 2004 in the Laussanne Reccomendations for Sudden Cardiovascular Death in Sport: preparticipation cardiovascular screening as ‘death occurring within one hour of the onset of symptoms in a person without a previously recognized cardiovascular condition that would appear fatal; this excludes cerebrovascular, respiratory, traumatic and drug related causes’. More than 90% of non-traumatic sudden deaths are related to a pre-existing cardiac abnormality.

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