creators_name: Ghosh, Joydeep
editors_name: Singh, Balbir
editors_name: Lokhandwala, Yash
editors_name: Francis, Johnson
editors_name: Gupta, Anup
editors_name: Ghosh, Joydeep
type: journalp
datestamp: 2006-10-05
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:22
metadata_visibility: show
title: Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes - What Can be Done?
ispublished: pub
subjects: ipej
full_text_status: public
keywords: sudden cardiac death; exercise; athletes

abstract: Sudden death in athletes is a rare event but brings with it an impact that goes beyond sport. There are many causes of sudden death during exercise. While the responsibility of preventing or treating them lays with us physicians, preparticipation screening is largely ineffective and impractical. Definitive, large scale prospective research is required in order to design the most cost-effective system for screening of athletes. In the meanwhile rapid access to defibrillators by trained personnel remains the best possible approach to abort sudden death.

date: 2006-07
date_type: published
publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
volume: 6
number: 3
publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
pagerange: 139-141
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Ghosh, Joydeep  (2006) Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes - What Can be Done?  [Journal (Paginated)]     
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