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Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Recreational Physical Exercise in Elderly Man

The clinical and forensic autopsy records of 8 elderly men who died during or after exercise in Croatia were available. In all but one coronary heart disease was found.However, only one of them had had simptoms of chest pain prior to the sudden deathIn all this patients the thickness of the left ventricle wall was 15 mm or more. A medical check-up of the elderly is essential before physical exercise.

sudden death ; exercise ; coronary heart disease ; myocardial infarction ; elderly men

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