Original scientific paper
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Physical Exercise in Croatia in a 27-Year Period
Zijad Duraković
Marjeta Mišigoj Duraković
Josip Škavić
Abstract
The paper deals with the sudden cardiac death during physical exercise in males in Croatia. The data are a part of a
retrospective study dealing with 69 sudden death due to physical activity in men in Croatia during 27 years: from January
1, 1984 to December 31, 2010. Three of them suddenly died during training and two of them died during recreational
physical exercise, probably because of malignant ventricular arrhythmia due to hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy. One had
an obstructive form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with i.v. septum of 40 mm and four had a non-obstructive forms of
hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy with left ventricular wall of 18–20–22–25 mm. First athlete was a short trails runner,
aged 24, with no any previous physical discomforts, who suddenly collapsed and died during training. The second athlete
was a soccer player aged 18, with no any previous physical discomfort, who suddenly collapsed and died during
training. The third aged 15, was a school boy, basketball player, with no any previous physical discomfort, who collapsed
and died during training. Two aged 25 and 34, were with no physical discomfort during exercise and died suddenly
during recreational soccer games. A sudden cardiac death due to physical exercise in young athletes in Croatia suffered
of hyperthropic cardiomyopathy reached 0.06/100 000 yearly (p=0.00000) in 27 years, in teenagers 0.26/100 000 (p=
0.00226), in teenagers suffered of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy reached 0.10/100 000 (p=0.00000), in all young athletes
suffered of other heart diseases reached 0.19/100 000 (p=0.00005), and in the total male population aged 15 or more, engaged
in sports and recreational physical exercise: 0.71/100.0000 (p=0.00001).
Keywords
athletes; training; recreational physical exercise; hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy; sudden cardiac death
Hrčak ID:
75606
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2011.
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