title: Sport and arrhythmias: summary of an international symposium.
abstract: This article is the report of an International Symposium endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology, held within the Venice Arrhythmias 2007: 10 International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias (Venice, October 2007). The topics of the Symposium are the following: how to stratify the risk of sudden death in athletes; the role of different diagnostic examinations in the risk stratification of sudden death in athletes; controversies on arrhythmias and sport; and exercise prescription in patients with arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Department, Umberto I Hospital, Via Circonvallazione 50, Venice-Mestre, Italy. francogiada@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giada
authors.forename: Serge S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Barold
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biffi
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Piccoli
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delise
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El-Sherif
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gorenek
authors.forename: Blair
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grubb
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inama
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kautzner
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olshansky
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelliccia
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiene
authors.forename: Hein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wellens
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolpert
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zeppilli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raviele
authors.forename: Hein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heidbuchel
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports