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The cardiologist at the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Juan Ramon Jimenez, provided the template for the current league champions, El Pozo Murcia Turística, a talk on Sudden Death.
Cardiac disease that killed about four thousand people in Spain alone, under 60 years and with no obvious symptoms.
After the death of Antonio Puerta of Sevilla FC in August 2007 and this year in the same month of Espaynol Dani Jarque, clubs and athletes have been more active in medical examinations to detect cardiac anomalies so we can prevent them.
"Although few, deaths are more important from the social point of view because they occur in elite athletes performing a race or a championship.
But every day there are many cases of sudden death in normal people doing sport or not encompass a very large number.
In overall number equal to the number of deaths in traffic accidents, "warned Juan Ramon Jimenez.
The cardiologist, expert on 'Sudden Death' noted that in Spain the death toll reached "about four thousand people die each year from Sudden Death, younger than 60 years and without any prior heart disease.
It is a very important and of course we must try to prevent such cases of sudden death. "
As a cardiologist at the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca Do you see many cases of this type of heart disease in our region?
"There are cases that occur and are not reported, but about twenty cases a year are produced in 'Sudden Death' in the Region of Murcia."
Genetic tests are best placed to identify cardiac abnormalities if you notice a symptom such as fatigue or loss of consciousness.
"The genetic diagnosis is very important to detect the 'Sudden Death', but these tests do not recommend them to a healthy person.
With a stress test, a electro and ultrasound are sufficient.
In the case of El Pozo Murcia Turística can remain calm, do more testing than required to detect major diseases.
The risk is lower than we have every day to take a car.
Loss of consciousness is a sign of alarm in an athlete or normal person and should go to your doctor to make some scans.
There syncope benign, but if you value them, "the cardiologist at the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca.
Also, the athletic director of El Pozo Murcia Turística, Serrejón Francisco, gave the cardiologist Juan Ramón Jimeno a team jersey and a credit for the entire 2009 - 2010 season, thanks for the chat conference.
Source: ElPozo FS
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