A high incidence of serious life-threatening cardiovascular medical encounters during a marathon (2014–2019) calls for prevention strategies: SAFER XL
There was a high proportion of cardiovascular-related medical encounters, as well as SLMEs. We recommend that event organizers and race medical directors investigate prevention strategies to mitigate against risk of SLMEs, specifically acute cardiovascular SLMEs.
Authors
- Darren Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-8176)
- Jannelene Killops
- Esmé Jordaan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-3473)
- Martin Schwellnus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-0429)
- Pieter‐Henk Boer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-2599)
- Nicola Sewry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-4780)
- Wayne Derman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8879-177X)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Sports Science Institute of South Africa (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2024.2399495
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21
Funders
- South African Medical Research Council