posted on Jan, 5 2023 @ 04:25 AM
Incidence rates are the same as mid 2000s - in the US alone an avg of 125 athletes have sudden cardiac deaths per year and has been the second most
common form of sport death, after accidents, since long before Covid (American College of Cardiology 2016) with National College Athletic Association
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Study link
There's higher incidence rates of it among males with black males being most at risk. When you're regularly pushing your physical limits and training
BPM in the 210 - 220 bracket there's a lot of risks and damage that come with it, especially when in puberty/after growth spurts and easy to give
yourself Baricardia or Cardiomyopathy if not careful - It often goes undiagnosed and untreated until death or a serious cardiac event occurs as most
people wrongly think it doesn't happen to young, healthy athletes.
Screenings were recommended in the UK at 16, 18, 20 and 25. Sports coaches knew to be aware of the condition over here following a few high profile
deaths in the late 2000s but it's still massively underrepported and in elite teenage athletes 1 in 14,700 will die from sudden cardiac death.
Italy managed to reduce deaths by over 90% after introducing a scheme where all young people involved in sport are regularly screened for conditions
and ECG/v02 max sport lab testing.