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Cardiac Events in World-Class Athletes: An Internet-Based Study
Solène LE Douairon Lahaye1, Anne LE Cunuder2, Thibault Lachard3
1M2S Laboratory, Ecole Normale Supérieure Rennes, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, FRANCE.
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
|July 26, 2022
Summary
Elite athletes experienced cardiac events, particularly endurance athletes and triathletes. Further research is needed to understand the cardiovascular demands of these sports.
Area of Science:
- Sports Medicine
- Cardiology
- Epidemiology
Background:
- Elite athletes undergo rigorous training and competition.
- Cardiac events in athletes can have significant health implications.
- Media reports provide a unique data source for studying athlete health.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the prevalence of adverse cardiac events in world-class athletes.
- To analyze cardiac event prevalence by sex and sports discipline.
- To identify specific sports with higher cardiac event rates.
Main Methods:
- Included top 10 ranked athletes from 30 individual Olympic sports (2006-2018).
- Used Google searches with cardiac event keywords to identify cases.
- Calculated global and sex-specific cardiac event prevalences and hazard functions.
Main Results:
- 15 cardiac events (0.61% prevalence) occurred in 2471 athletes.
- Sudden cardiac deaths (0.08%) were reported in male athletes.
- Endurance athletes, especially triathletes (male and female), showed a higher prevalence of cardiac events.
Conclusions:
- A notable prevalence of cardiac events was observed in elite endurance athletes, particularly triathletes.
- This finding suggests potential unique cardiovascular demands in triathlon.
- Longitudinal follow-up studies are recommended for elite triathletes.
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