TY - JOUR 
A1 - Vicent, Lourdes
AU - Ariza Solé, Albert
AU - González Juanatey, José Ramón
AU - Uribarri, Aitor
AU - Ortiz Pérez, José Tomás
AU - López de Sa, Esteban
AU - Sans-Roselló, Jordi
AU - Querol, C. T.
AU - Martínez Sellés Oliveria Soares, Manuel
AU - Matute-Blanco, Lucia
AU - Et al.
T1 - Exercise-related severe cardiac events
Y1 - 2018
SN - 0905-7188

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7293
AB - Physical activity has benefits on health. However, there is a small risk of effort-related adverse events. The aim of this study is to describe exercise-related severe cardiovascular events and to relate them with the type of sport performed. We performed a ten-year retrospective study in eight Spanish cardiac intensive care units. Adverse cardiac events were defined as acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest or syncope related to physical activity. From 117 patients included, 109 were male (93.2%), and mean age was 51.6 ± 12.3 years; 56 presented acute myocardial infarction without cardiac arrest (47.9%), 55 sudden cardiac death (47.0%) and six syncope (5.1%). The sports with higher number of events were cycling (33%-28.2%), marathon or similar running competitions (19%-16.2%), gymnastics (18%-15.3%) and soccer (17%-14.5%). Myocardial infarction was observed more frequently in cyclists compared to other sports (69.7% vs 39.3%, P =.001). The most common cause of sudden cardiac death was myocardial infarction in those >35 years (23%-63.9%) and idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in younger patients (5%-62.5%). Significant coronary artery disease was present in 85 (79.4%). Only one patient with cardiac arrest presented with a non-shockable rhythm (asystole). Eleven patients (9.4%) died during hospitalization; in all cases, they had presented cardiac arrest. All discharged patients were alive at the end of follow-up. Exercise-related severe cardiac events are mainly seen in men. Coronary heart disease is very frequent; about half present acute myocardial infarction and the other half cardiac arrest. In our cohort, prognosis was good in patients without cardiac arrest.
KW - Infarto de miocardio
KW - Síncope
KW - Paro cardíaco
KW - Enfermedad cardiovascular
KW - Deporte
LA - eng
ER -