Mortality in female bodybuilding athletes
Eur Heart J
.
2026 Jan 16;47(3):373-375.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf789.
Authors
Marco Vecchiato
1
,
Andrea Ermolao
1
,
Lara Zane
1
,
Silvia Giagio
2
,
Andrea Aghi
1
3
,
Stefano Palermi
4
,
Nicola Borasio
1
5
,
Alessandro Zorzi
6
,
Daniel Neunhaeuserer
1
Affiliations
1
Sports and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, Padova 35128, Italy.
2
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
3
Fisioterapia Osteopatia Raimondi di Giovanni e Daniele, Selvazzano Dentro, Padova, Italy.
4
Department of Medicine and Surgery, UniCamillus-Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome, Italy.
5
Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy.
6
Department of Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
PMID:
41115451
PMCID:
PMC12807564
DOI:
10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf789
No abstract available
Keywords:
Anabolic steroids; Bodybuilder; Doping; Prevention; Sudden cardiac death; Sudden death.