Routine check-up can prevent heart failure in
competitive athletes
A recent study
has suggested ways, which can prevent and help in managing the risk of cardiac arrest in
competitive athletics. The study has been published in the journal of ‘Canadian
Medical Association.’ The sudden heart failure is something rare and, in young athletes,
is usually the first sign of heart disease, although one study has found that
29 per cent of athletes had symptoms of underlying disease before an arrest.
It is very
difficult to predict or prevent, and screening programmes are challenging and
of uncertain benefit. Therefore, physicians should routinely ask athletes if
they feel dizzy, short of breath or
experience chest pains during or after exercise and ask about family history to
determine if there may be an inherited condition. Survival rates after sudden
cardiac arrest in athletes are quite high when automated external
defibrillators are used.
Dr Paul Dorian,
a cardiologist from Ontario, said: “Establishing effective resuscitation
protocols and increasing the availability of automated external defibrillators
in settings where the competitive sport is undertaken are the most effective
strategies in helping reduce the incidence of sudden cardiac death among
athletes.
22.07.2019
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