Sec. 5331 set seq The Board recognizes the importance of ensuring the safety of students participating in the district’s athletic programs. This policy has been developed to provide guidance for prevention and recognition of sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes. 2. Definition

This publication was developed by The Joint Commission with the advice and guidance of a Techni-cal Advisory Panel, and is part of a larger project to identify and address critical factors that will im-prove prevention and treatment of sudden cardiac arrest both in the hospital and in the community.

Major regional disparities in outcomes after

The cardiovascular mortality rate among dialysis patients is approximately 9 percent per year.1 Even after stratification by age, gender, race, and the presence or absence of diabetes, rates remain10 to 20 times higher than in the general population.2 The prevalence of coronary artery disease and left ventricular hypertrophy is 40 percent and 75 percent, respectively, in dialysis patients (CKD stage 5). The high burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in incident dialysis patients suggests that CVD begins during the earlier stages

This editorial refers to ‘Major regional disparities in out-comes after sudden cardiac arrest during sports’†, by E. Marijon et al., on page 3632 and ‘Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the general population: inci-dence and prognosis’‡, by J. Berdowski et al., on page 3616 Exercise

This editorial refers to ‘Major regional disparities in out-comes after sudden cardiac arrest during sports’, by E. Marijon et al. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht282 and ‘Exercise-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the general population: incidence and prognosis’, by J. Berdowski et al. doi:10

∙ The authors have no financial conflicts of interest. © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2012 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.701243

—Cox proportional-hazards regression modeling was used to identify risk factors for aborted cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death in 3015 LQTS children from the International LQTS Registry who were followed up from 1 through 12 years of age. The cumulative probability of the combined end point was significantly