Abstract
Sudden death is not very common during sports, but recently an increased number of professional or top ranking athletes in Europe and the U.S.A. were reported to have sudden death. The reasons are not very clear. It was estimated in France that about 1000 cases of sudden death occur each year during sporting activities, including jogging and recreational sports [1]. In Belgium and the Netherlands, with a population of about 25 millions, at least 30 cyclists were the victim of sudden, presumably cardiac death in the last 10 years. This does not seem impressive, but is only a reflection of what is happening in one sports discipline, while much more people are involved with football and other popular sports. The problem therefore attracted the attention of the general public, and the question rose whether this kind of accidents could be prevented.
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Jordaens, L. (1996). Sudden death and tachyarrhythmias in athletes. In: Oto, M.A. (eds) Practice and Progress in Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 183. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0219-0_3
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