Nicole Karam, Louis Pechmajou, Florence Dumas, Wulfran Bougouin, Ardalan Sharifzadehgan, Frankie Beganton, Guillaume Bonnet, Daniel Jost, Lionel Lamhaut, Olivier Varenne, Pierre Aubry, Georgios Sideris, Christian Spaulding, Alain Cariou, Eloi Marijon, Xavier Jouven, On Behalf of the Paris Sudden Death Expertise Center (SDEC) Investigators

ABSTRACT: Despite the cardiovascular benefits of regular sports, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) risk is increased during or shortly after exercise. Association with coronary artery disease (CAD) has been described in small studies, mainly autopsic with potential bias given the high sports-related SCA survival, and focusing on young competitive athletes, whereas sports-related SCA occurs mostly in recreational athletes.1–5 Through the Paris Sudden Death Expertise Center prospective registry that includes all SCAs in Paris and suburbs since May 2011, we performed the first broad comprehensive CAD description in sports-related SCAs, with a comparison with matched non–sports-related SCAs.

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