Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down

Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down

New findings indicate that while the rate of marathon runners who suffer cardiac arrests remained unchanged, their chance for survival is twice what it was in the past. Now, far fewer marathon runners who suffer cardiac arrest are dying of it.

Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down, study finds

While more people than ever are running marathons in the U.S., the risk of dying from a heart attack during a run has fallen dramatically in recent years. That's a key conclusion from a new study by Jonathan Kim, associate professor in the Emory School of Medicine. Kim's research is a follow-up to a study he published in 2012—the first investigation into unexpected cardiac arrests during long-distance running events.

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