Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: Special Theme Issue, June 2009!
25 Mar, 08 | by Karim Khan
Sudden cardiac death has always been at the apex of ’serious’ sports medicine conditions. We all agree that one death is one too many. Sports physicians with expertise in cardiac issues — Jon Drezner and Babette Pluim — will guest edit a 2009 Themed Issue that will include, but not be limited to, original data and commentary on the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the athletic setting, emergency preparedness for sudden cardiac arrest, and the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death in young athletes.
We look forward to the opportunity to work with authors, groups convening to provide consensus statements, and partner journals to contribute to minimizing sudden cardiac death in the sporting setting.
This special issue will form the June 2009 Issue of BJSM. More details will follow and the deadline for submissions is 11:00 pm, Dec 31. 2008.
I read an article in Health Journal, June 24th, about Vicor’s PD2i Cardiac Analyzer. It uses an algorithm that can assess a patient’s risk risk to die from Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) by analyzing heart beats. The PD2i has the ability of predicting SCD, with greater than 95% sensitivity and 81% specificity within a six month period. The test can be administered in a cardiologist’s office in 20 minutes. This device could save a number of lives.
Jeff
June 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pm