Importance of automatic external defibrillator: save a life in athletic fields

Corrado et al., 2003 also have reported that sportive activity is not a cause of the increased mortality; rather, it acts as a trigger for cardiac arrest in the presence of underlying cardiovascular diseases predisposing to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias during physical exercise. [...]in c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of sports science & medicine 2009-09, Vol.8 (3), p.489-490
1. Verfasser: Kasikcioglu, Erdem
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Corrado et al., 2003 also have reported that sportive activity is not a cause of the increased mortality; rather, it acts as a trigger for cardiac arrest in the presence of underlying cardiovascular diseases predisposing to life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias during physical exercise. [...]in case of any event, it is accepted that early defibrillation is the most important factor of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for saving of a life as following case. The possible effect of acute inflammation of the myocardium promotes ventricular arrhythmias or acts as a trigger. [...]the early identification of the diagnosis of silent cardiovascular disease has still gold standard method for prevention of SCD in athletes. [...]as preventive aspect, bed rest and close physical examination monitoring should be recommended for athletes who have flu-like syndrome.
ISSN:1303-2968
1303-2968