Sport and arrhythmias: summary of an international symposium.
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.
Giada
Franco
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Cardiovascular Department, Umberto I Hospital, Via Circonvallazione 50, Venice-Mestre, Italy. francogiada@hotmail.com
Barold
Serge S
SS
Biffi
Alessandro
A
De Piccoli
Bruno
B
Delise
Pietro
P
El-Sherif
Nabil
N
Gold
Michael R
MR
Gorenek
Bulent
B
Grubb
Blair
B
Inama
Giuseppe
G
Kautzner
Josef
J
Molina
Luis
L
Olshansky
Brian
B
Pelliccia
Antonio
A
Thiene
Gaetano
G
Wellens
Hein
H
Wolpert
Christian
C
Zeppilli
Paolo
P
Raviele
Antonio
A
Heidbuchel
Hein
H
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