Eloi Marijon, Muriel Tafflet, David S Celermajer, Florence Dumas, Marie-Cécile Perier, Hazrije Mustafic, Jean-François Toussaint, Michel Desnos, Michel Rieu, Nordine Benameur, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Jean-Philippe Empana, Xavier Jouven
BACKGROUND: Although such data are available for young competitive athletes, the prevalence, characteristics, and outcome of sports-related sudden death have not been assessed previously in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS: A prospective and comprehensive national survey was performed throughout France from 2005 to 2010, involving subjects 10 to 75 years of age. Case detection for sports-related sudden death, including resuscitated cardiac arrest, was undertaken via national ambulance service reporting and Web-based screening of media releases...
August 9, 2011: Circulation