PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vimal Patel
AU  - Perry Elliott
TI  - Sudden death in athletes
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-253
DP  - 2012 Jun 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 253--256
VI  - 12
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/3/253.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/3/253.full
SO  - Clin Med2012 Jun 01; 12
AB  - Sudden cardiac death in an athlete is a rare and heartrending event, often occurring in the absence of warning symptoms. The causes of sudden cardiac death in athletes are age dependent and demonstrate a degree of geographical variation. Pre-participation screening is recommended by both the European Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association although there is no consensus regarding the utilisation of an electrocardiogram. This article will review the aetiology of sudden cardiac death and will present the evidence for pre-participation screening.