Open Access Mini Review

Sudden Cardiac Death in Adolescent Athletes

Matthew Stark*

Director of Transfusion Services, Children’s Hospital New Orleans, USA

Corresponding Author

Received Date: June 10, 2020;  Published Date: June 18, 2020

Abstract

Adolescent death is distressing to the family and community no matter the cause, and the sudden death of an adolescent participating in athletics is shocking. Pathologists have found that most sudden unexplained deaths (SUD) of the adolescent are associated with a hereditary condition, of which cardiovascular diseases are the most frequent. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common cause of death in the adolescent athlete and is an important unsolved challenge in the practice of pediatrics.

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