Sudden Death in Young Athletes

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Volume 349:1064-1075		September 11, 2003		Number 11

Sudden Death in Young Athletes

Barry J. Maron, M.D.

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The time you won your town the race / We chaired you throughthe market-place;

Man and boy stood cheering by, / And home we brought you shoulder-high.

To-day, the road all runners come, / Shoulder-high we bringyou home,

And set you at your threshold down, / Townsman of a stillertown.

— A.E. Housman, "To an Athlete Dying Young" (1895)

Young athletes have come to be regarded as a special part ofsociety, owing to their unique lifestyle and the widely heldperception that they epitomize health and invulnerability, capableas they are of admirable and sometimes extraordinary . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Magnitude of the Problem

Cardiovascular Causes of Sudden Death

Athletic-Field Risks Unrelated to Cardiovascular Disease

Commotio Cordis

Other Risks

Athlete's Heart

Athlete's Heart and Cardiovascular Disease

Preparticipation Screening

Criteria for Sports Eligibility and Disqualification

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From the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Maron at the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, 920 E. 28th St., Suite 60, Minneapolis, MN 55407, or at hcm.maron@mhif.org.

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