Muerte súbita y maratón

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Since few autopsy data are available on the cause of death in joggers, 30 joggers who underwent autopsy were studied. All were males 18 to 57 years of age (mean 36 years). Information on jogging habits was available in 18 patients who ran 7 to 105 miles per week (mean 33) for one to 28 years (mean 20). Three of the 30 patients were "marathon runners." In 12 patients, the only available information was that they had been jogging for at least six months, but information regarding the distance run was not available...

Thirty-six cases of heart attack or sudden death in marathon runners have been reported in the world literature to date. The mean age of the runners was 43.8 yr (range = 18 to 70), the mean years' running was 6.8 yr (range = 0.5 to 29), and the mean best standard 42.2 km marathon time was 3 h 28 min (range = 2 h 33 min to 4 h 28 min). Coronary artery disease was diagnosed either clinically, angiographically, or at autopsy in 27 runners (75%), two of whom also had histological evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...

Sudden cardiac death during running is mainly caused by an acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease. Other diseases like myocarditis are rarely documented. Before a marathon a 37-year-old, well-trained long-distance runner had normal findings at a sports medical consultation. During the race he collapsed after 41 km and died despite of immediate resuscitation attempts. At autopsy a 50% stenosis of the descending branch of the left coronary artery, and histologically an active myocarditis were observed (Dallas-classification)...

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When a person dies of cardiovascular causes during recreational running, the public frequently assumes the exercise caused the death. For a statistical perspective, the number of cardiovascular deaths while running that occurs by chance alone is estimated. If white male runners resemble marathoners, being nonsmokers and at lowest lean weight, four deaths from cardiovascular disease would occur per year while running 20 minutes, three times per week and 30 deaths per year if the two hours after running are considered as a running-associated period...