“On-site”  prevention and education to improve cardiac pre-competition screening in competitive  amateur athletes

Rahel Schwotzer; Walter Kistler; Beat Villiger; Dagmar Keller; Thomas Wolber; Thomas Lüscher; Stefan Drechsel; Christian Schmied

doi:10.4414/smw.2013.13785

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Vol. 143 No. 1920 (2013)

“On-site” prevention and education to improve cardiac pre-competition screening in competitive amateur athletes

Rahel Schwotzer
Walter Kistler
Beat Villiger
Dagmar Keller
Thomas Wolber
Thomas Lüscher
Stefan Drechsel
Christian Schmied

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13785
Published: 05.05.2013

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Maron BJ, Doerer JJ, Haas TS, Tierney DM, Mueller FO. Sudden deaths in young competitive athletes: analysis of 1866 deaths in the United States, 1980–2006. Circulation. 2009;119:1085–92.
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[1] Corrado D, Basso C, Thiene G. Assay Sudden death in young athletes. Lancet. 2005;47–8.

[2] Maron BJ. Sudden death in young athletes. N Engl J Med. 2003;349:1064–75.

[3] Maron BJ, Doerer JJ, Haas TS, Tierney DM, Mueller FO. Sudden deaths in young competitive athletes: analysis of 1866 deaths in the United States, 1980–2006. Circulation. 2009;119:1085–92.

[4] Siscovick DS, Weiss NS, Fletcher RH, Lasky T. The incidence of primary cardiac arrest during vigorous exercise. N Engl J Med. 1984;311:874–7.

[5] Scoville SL, Campbell CL, Shry EA, Stajduhar KC, Potter RN, Pearse LA, et al. Sudden death in young adults: a 25-year review of autopsies in military recruits. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(11):829–34.

[6] Kim JH, Malhotra R, Chiampas G, d’Hemecourt P, Troyanos C, Cianca J, et al. Race Associated Cardiac Arrest Event Registry (RACER) Study Group. Cardiac arrest during long-distance running races. N Engl J Med. 2012;366(2):130–40.

[7] Harmon KG, Asif IM, Klossner D, Drezner JA. Incidence of sudden cardiac death in national collegiate athletic association athletes. Circulation. 2011;123(15):1594–600. Epub 2011 Apr 4.

[8] Corrado D, Schmied C, Basso C, Borjesson M, Schiavon M, Pelliccia A, et al. Risk of sports: do we need a pre-participation screening for competitive and leisure athletes? Eur Heart J. 2011;32(8):934–44.

[9] Thompson PD, Funk EJ, Carleton RA, Sturner WQ. Incidence of death during jogging in Rhode Island from 1975 through 1980. JAMA. 1982;247:2535–8.

[10] Marijon E, Tafflet M, Celermajer DS, Dumas F, Perier MC, Mustafic H, et al. Sports-related sudden death in the general population. Circulation. 2011;124(6):672–81. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

[11] Borjesson M, Urhausen A, Kouidi E, Dugmore D, Sharma S, Halle M, et al. Cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged/senior individuals engaged in leisure-time sport activities: position stand from the sections of exercise physiology and sports cardiology of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010 Jun 19.

[12] Corrado D, Pelliccia A, Bjornstad HH, Vanhees L, Biffi A, Borjesson M, et al. Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol. Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J. 2005;26:516–24.

[13] Dvorak J, Grimm K, Schmied C, Junge A. Development and implementation of a standardized precompetition medical assessment of international elite football players. Clin J Sport Med. 2009;19(4):316–21.

[14] Corrado D, Basso C, Pavei A, Michieli P, Schiavon M, Thiene G. Trends in sudden cardiovascular death in young competitive athletes after implementation of a preparticipation screening program. JAMA. 2006;296:1593–601.

[15] Pelliccia A, Di Paolo FM, Corrado D, Buccolieri C, Quattrini FM, Pisicchio C, et al. Evidence for efficacy of the Italian national pre-participation screening programme for identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in competitive athletes. Eur Heart J. 2006;27:2196–200.

[16] Keller, DI, Kardiale Screening-Untersuchungen beim Kompetitiv- und Gelegenheits-Athleten. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin und Sporttraumatologie. 2011;59:79–82.

[17] Corrado D, Basso C, Schiavon M, Pelliccia A, Thiene G. Pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden cardiac death. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008;52:1981–9.

[18] Bille K, Fiquiras D, Schamasch P. Sudden cardiac death in athletes: the Lausanne recommendations. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2006;13:859–75.

[19] Villiger B, Hintermann M, Goerre S, Kriemler S, Schmied C. Task Force “Prevention of Sudden Death in Elite Sport” SGSM/SSMS 2010;The sudden cardiac death of a young athlete: Recommendations for a sensible and effective preventive exam. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für «Sportmedizin und Sporttraumatologie» (2)/2011;59:108–9.

[20] Michaud K, Fellmann F, Abriel H, Beckmann JS, Mangin P, Elger BS. Molecular autopsy in sudden cardiac death and its implication for families:discussion of the practical, legal and ethical aspects of the multidisciplinary collaboration. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009;139(49-50):712–8.

[21] Schmied C, Notz S, Cribari M, Gähwiler R, Keller DI, Lüscher TF. Cardiac pre-competiton screening in Swiss athletes. Current situation in competitive athletes and short-time assessment of an exemplary local screening program. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13575

[22] Haeusler KG, Herm J, Kunze C, Krüll M, Brechtel L, Lock J, et al. Rate of cardiac arrhythmias and silent brain lesions in experienced marathon runners: rationale, design and baseline data of the Berlin Beat of Running study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2012;12:69.