Gouveia, Rosa Henriques deHenriques de Gouveia, Rosa2026-04-142026-04-142024978-989-8805-98-0http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/7711Exercise indubitably contributes to human health, life quality and increasing longevity; yet there are situations when it may lead morbidity/mortality, namely Sudden Cardiovascular Death. This short text draws attention to the need of knowing risk factors and pathology able to cause sudden and unexpected death; to the need of promoting preventive, therapeutic and emergency measures, which in the XXIst century may reduce fatal cardiovascular events.engSudden deathCardiovascularExercise.Faculdade de Ciências da Vidaconference object