Arrhythmias in the Athlete: Evaluation, Treatment, and Return to Play
Heart Rhythm SocietyPublished: October 4, 2024
- Introduction
- Top 10 Take-Home Messages
- General Concepts and Principles
- Clinical Considerations for Athletes With Arrhythmias
- Shared Decision-making and Clinical Management Determination
- Emergency Action Planning for Sudden Cardiac Arrest
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletes
- Commotio Cordis
- Symptoms of Arrhythmias in Athletes
- Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Inherited Arrhythmias and Cardiomyopathies
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Pattern and Syndrome
- Bradycardia and Pacemakers
- Tables:
- Definitions
- Potential Arrhythmic Effects of Certain Stimulants and Performance-enhancing Drugs
- Exercise-induced Cardiac Remodeling (Electrical and Structural)
- Key Components of Emergency Action Plans
- Noncardiac Causes of Loss of Consciousness
- High-risk Features for Cardiac Syncope
- Features of Ambulatory Monitors, Including External and Implantable Recorders
- Risk Features From History and Tests Used to Identify Structural or Electrical Heart Disease
- Association of Vigorous (>6 METs) Endurance Exercise With Clinical Outcomes in ACMs
- WPW Pattern on ECG: Differences in the Class of Recommendation Between 4 Previously Published Expert Consensus Statements and this 2024 Expert Consensus Statement
- Figures and Algorithms:
- Expected Ventricular Adaptation from Static and Dynamic Stressors on the Heart
- Model for Shared Decision-making for Athletes With Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease and Other Structural/Electrical Causes of Cardiac Death by Age (1999–2020)
- Diagnostic Algorithm for the Evaluation of SCA in Athletes
- Management of SCA in Athletes
- Treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Based on Disease Entity
- Athlete-specific Advantages and Disadvantages of 4 Different Options for ICD Form Factors
- Evaluation of Syncope During Exercise
- Evaluation of Athletes With Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Treatment of Athletes with Benign Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Treatment of Athletes With Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Management and Treatment of Inherited Arrhythmias
- Recommendations for Athletes With Inherited Cardiomyopathies Returning to Play
- Flow Chart Demonstrating Approach to Families of Athletes With Genetic Heart Disease
- Evaluation of Athletes Suspected of Having AF
- Treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White Pattern in Athletes
- Return to Play in Athletes With Permanent Pacemakers
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