title: Syncope as a Warning Symptom of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes.
abstract: Clinical evaluation of syncope in the athlete remains a challenge. Although benign mechanisms predominate, syncope may be arrhythmic and precede SCD. Exercise-induced syncope should be regarded as an important alarming symptom of an underlying cardiac disease predisposing to arrhythmic cardiac arrest. All athletes with syncope require a focused and detailed workup for underlying cardiac causes, either structural or electrical. Major aim is to identify athletes at risk and to protect them from SCD. Athletes with potentially life-threatening etiologies of syncope should be restricted from competitive sports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via Giustiniani, 2, Padova 35121, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vettor
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via Giustiniani, 2, Padova 35121, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zorzi
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Pathology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Via A. Gabelli 61, Padova 35121, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Pathology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Via A. Gabelli 61, Padova 35121, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiene
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via Giustiniani, 2, Padova 35121, Italy; Arrhythmogenic Inherited Cardiomyopathy Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via Giustiniani, 2, Padova 35121, Italy. Electronic address: domenico.corrado@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corrado
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Athletes; Cardiomyopathy; Sudden cardiac death; Syncope