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Is cardiac arrhythmia the usual cause sudden death in sports?
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Sudden death: Yes, cardiac arrhythmia is the usual mechanism of sudden cardiac death in athletes. Usually there is some type of underlying heart disease (for example, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, right ventricular dysplasia, dilated cardiomyopathy, aberrant origin of coronary artery).
Answered 3/22/2013
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It can be: When sudden death in an athlete occurs because of a heart condition the cause can usually be divided into three main categories: an abnormally thick heart muscle with no obvious explanation (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy); abnormal coronary arteries (abnormal course through the heart or absence of one of them) and finally sudden abnormal heart rhythms.
Answered 9/30/2015
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