title: Triggers for sudden cardiac death in the athlete.
abstract: Sudden death on the athletic field is usually due to underlying cardiovascular disease. Coronary artery disease is most common in older athletes, and a variety of congenital cardiovascular malformations predominate in young competitive athletes. Of these lesions, the most common in North America is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A variety of coronary artery anomalies are next in frequency, with the most important being anomalous origin of left main coronary artery from the anterior sinus of Valsalva.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Division, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Maron
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013177:Sports