A death too soon

Casualties from sudden cardiac arrest were highest in badminton, football (soccer) and jogging, and most prominent among the Chinese, followed by the Malays and Indians.

Anyone can succumb to sudden cardiac arrest, from professional athletes to couch potatoes. Indeed, it is a silent killer as the symptoms are not always detectable.

WHEN a professional athlete dies from a sudden cardiac arrest in the field, the world is stunned. While it is ironic that the strongest and fittest of us all can simply drop dead, heart abnormalities are sometimes difficult to detect.