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Łukasz Małek1, Mariusz Kłopotowski2
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Rehabilitation, University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
One of the solutions to decrease the frequency of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in athletes is cardiovascular screening in the form of pre-participation tests (PPT). It is especially frustrating when SCA affects an athlete who has recently undergone PPT without any alarming findings. In our case, a 44-year-old ambitious amateur duathlete who underwent PPT within a year experienced SCA at home after an intensive weekend of training. It was related to a coincidence of new disease and other risk factors. PPT cannot be viewed as an unconditional green light for training and competition.
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