The Role of Electronic Gaming in Sudden Cardiac Death

Only one electronic gaming associated cardiac event of 0.2%. According to the authors, anecdotal cases of electronic gaming associated life threatening aridneas have been reported. But in these largest single center study to date, we show that there are extremely rare occurrences. While electronic gaming can have adverse health consequences, the threat of electronic gaming triggering sudden death should not be used to try to curb time spent gaming.