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SOCCER RELATED SUDDEN DEATHS IN TURKEY |
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Çağlar Özdemir1  ,
Tolga Saka2, Haşim Asil1, Ibrahim Üzün3 and Mutlu Öner4 |
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1Department of Forensic Medicine and 2Department of Sport Medicine, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey, 3Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 4Directorate of National Education, Kayseri, Turkey |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2008) 7, 292 - 298 Search Google Scholar for Citing Articles |
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| ABSTRACT | |||
| Regular physical exercise is recommended by the medical community,
because it offers the potential to reduce the incidence of coronary events.
On the other hand, vigorous exertion may act as a trigger of acute myocardial
infarction and sudden cardiac death in susceptible individuals. Death during
sports activities differs among sports disciplines and countries. In Turkey,
soccer attracts more spectators than any other sports activity and the attention
of the press and media, and is preferred over other sports by many young
and middle-aged individuals. As autopsy-based studies are infrequent in
literature and there is a lack of data detailing sudden death during physical
activity in Turkey, we present a Turkish series of sudden deaths that occurred
during soccer games based on data provided by the Morgue Specialization
Department of the Council of Forensic Medicine. We identified 15 male cases
of soccer-related sudden death aged from 10 to 48 years. Coronary artery
disease was identified as the cause of sudden death in 11 cases.
Key words: Recreational, soccer, sudden death, autopsy. |
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