Team Approach: Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Athlete

• DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.rvw.23.00225
• Publication Date: 2024-03-06T19:00:57Z
• Authors: Antonio Cusano; Paul M. Inclan; Tyler Jackson; Leigh J. Weiss; Ronnie P. Barnes; James J. Kinderkn...; Samuel A. Taylor; Scott A. Rodeo
• Keywords: Sudden cardiac arrest

» Sudden cardiac events during sports competition are rare but tragic occurrences that require a timely, comprehensive response by well-prepared athletic trainers and medical providers. This sequence should prioritize prompt emergency system activation, immediate initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated early defibrillation (AED), advanced life support efforts. Exercise-induced remodeling, referred to as the “athlete's heart,” refers host adaptive changes increase chamber size wall thickness allow for greater pressures volumes exercise. remodeling phenotype may overlap with other inherited cardiomyopathies abnormalities, which can complicate clinical care. The long-term implications this electrical structural on function unknown. Although best screening strategies optimize primary prevention sudden arrest is an evolving topic, effectiveness CPR use in treating out-of-hospital has been well-established, despite their reported underuse.