Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia; Introduction and objectives: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes is a tragic event, with some evidence remaining controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate cases of SCD in athletes in Portugal within the last 20 years. Methods: An advanced Google search using a combination of several keywords and systematic searches on websites of nat...
Funding Information: R.R. was supported by the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science (via Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia, I.P.\u2014FCT) through a PhD grant (UI/BD/151067/2021). The authors would also like to acknowledge FCT for funding through contracts with GHTM (UID/Multi/04413/2020), CEAUL (UIDB/00006/2020 and UIDP/00006/2020), and LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020). The work of C.M. was...