Parent Heart Watch. Each year thousands of children, teens and young adults suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Often, the outcome is sudden death. The word "rare" has often been used by some medical professionals and media reports to pacify the public in regards to the number of incidents of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) that occur in youth. This ratio is usually formulated in regards to the percentage of athletes affected out of a very specific and limited scope of the athletic population rather than including all affected youth in the United States population. The urgency of this issue is greatly minimized when the data gleaned only represents select athletes based on restricted criteria. Consequently, the true extent of SCA and SCD amongst all athletes and youth, regardless of the activity at the time of their arrest, is not accurately represented.
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Should Young Athletes Be Screened for Heart Risk? Once thought to be exceedingly rare, sudden cardiac death is far more prevalent among young athletes than previously believed, recent research has shown. In a policy statement published in the journal Pediatrics last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics estimated that 2,000 people under the age of 25 die from sudden cardiac arrest in the United States every year.
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Pediatric sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) , which can cause sudden cardiac death if not treated within minutes, has a profound effect on everyone: children, parents, family members, communities, and health care providers. Preventing the tragedy of pediatric SCA, defined as the abrupt and unexpected loss of heart function, remains a concern to all.
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes in an athlete is a rare yet highly visible tragedy that generates significant media attention and discussion among medical personnel, sports communities, and laypersons alike. The incidence of SCD is greater in athletes compared with their nonathletic counterparts due to the increased risk associated with strenuous exercise in the context of a quiescent cardiac abnormality.
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Sudden death in people under age 35, often due to hidden heart defects or overlooked heart abnormalities, is rare. When these sudden deaths do occur, it's often during physical activity, such as participating in a sporting event.
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Sadden arrhythmia death syndromes or SADS is genetic research in conditions that may lead to sudden cardiac death in the young.
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Horizon Research Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that aims to provide support for scientific research and understanding into the state of the human mind at the end of life
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AWARE Study (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study is the first launched by the Human Consciousness Project, a multidisciplinary collaboration of international scientists and physicians who have joined forces to study the relationship between mind and brain during clinical death, and is led by Dr. Sam Parnia, a world-renowned expert on the study of the human mind and consciousness during clinical death, together with Dr Peter Fenwick and Professors Stephen Holgate and Robert Peveler of the University of Southampton. The team will be working in collaboration with more than 25 major medical centers throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States.
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Surviving sudden cardiac arrest: One teen athlete's story Emily Orta can't remember when she nearly lost her life on the soccer field last year, but it came as a shock to her parents, coach, teammates and everyone who knew her.
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List of soccer players who died while playing The following is a list of association footballers who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the pitch. Following an increase in deaths,[1] both during matches and training, FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) considered mandatory cardiac testing, already in place for years in some countries, such as Italy.
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Piermario Morosini's death was tragedy that not only Livorno suffered Case of 25-year-old midfielder had many similarities with the recent Fabrice Muamba affair, although this time there was no happy ending.
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Fabrice Muamba was 'dead' for 78 minutes - Bolton doctor Fabrice Muamba was "in effect dead" for 78 minutes following his on-field collapse, the Bolton Wanderers club doctor Jonathan Tobin has revealed.
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Condolences: Death of Russian Biathlete Alina Yakimkina Russian biathlete Alina Yakimkina died unexpectedly of heart failure on February 21st during a Cup of Russia competition in Tyumen. Doctors were immediately on hand, but were unable to revive her. The 21-year-old was a member of the Udmurt Republic team.
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Egan is believed to have died of a heart attack. Former Estevan Bruins defenceman Nick Egan has passed away, the Mercury has learned. Egan, 21, is a native of New Jersey, growing up near Philadelphia. He joined the Bruins at the trade deadline during the 2012-13 season. Last year, after getting a couple of professional tryouts, he returned to the team as a 20-year-old.
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Rangers Prospect Cherepanov Dies After Collapsing During Game. Nineteen-year-old Russian forward Alexei Cherepanov, who was a Rangers first-round draft choice in 2007 and considered one of the organization's top prospects, died on Monday after collapsing near the end of a game between his K.H.L. team Avangard Omsk and another team, Vityaz, in Chekhov, a city outside Moscow.
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Wes Leonard: Michigan High School Basketball Star Dies After Game-Winning Shot Celebration turned to tragedy Thursday night at a Michigan high school when 16-year-old Wes Leonard collapsed on the basketball court and later died after scoring the game-winning shot in overtime, helping his team clinch a perfect season. According to Dr. David A Start, the forensic pathologist and medical examiner of Ottawa County, the cause of death was cardiac arrest due to dilated cardiomyopathy -- an enlarged heart.