title: How to manage athletes with ventricular arrhythmias.
abstract: Young competitive athletes are perceived by the general population to be the healthiest members of society. The possibility that highly trained athletes may have a potentially serious cardiac condition that can predispose to life-threatening tachyarrhythmias or sudden cardiac death seems paradoxical. Thus, differentiating the benign, exercise-induced physiologic changes from true pathologic conditions with risk of sudden death is critical for developing appropriate screening strategies to reduce the risk of these adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sports Medicine and Science, Italian Olympic Committee, Largo P. Gabrielli, 1, 00197, Rome, Italy. a.biffi@libero.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biffi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013177:Sports; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*