title: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and sudden cardiac death in Croatians' young athletes in 25 years.
abstract: The paper deals with the sudden cardiac death during training in male athletes in Croatia. The data are a part of a retrospective study dealing with 67 sudden death due to physical activity in men in Croatia during 25 years: from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 2010. Two of them suddenly died during training due to malignant ventricular arrhythmia because of the arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. First was a short trails runner aged 24, with no any previous physical discomforts, who suddenly collapsed and died during training. The second was a soccer player aged 13, with no any previous physical discomfort, who suddenly collapsed and died during training. A sudden cardiac death due to physical exercise in young athletes in Croatia suffered of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia reached 0.07/ 100.000 yearly (p = 0.00000), in all young athletes suffered of heart diseases reached 0.19/100 000 (p = 0.00005), and in the total male population aged 15-40 engaged in sports and recreational physical exercise: 0.71/100.0000 (p = 0.00001).
authors: Institute for Anthropological Research, Department of Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology, Zagreb, Croatia. zdurakovic@inantro.hr
authors: Zijad
authors: Z
authors: Duraković
authors: Marjeta Misigoj
authors: MM
authors: Duraković
authors: Josip
authors: J
authors: Skavić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D056352:Athletes; D017523:Croatia; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male