title: [Congenital heart diseases and sports].
abstract: Congenital heart diseases are a frequent cause of cardiology consultation. New diagnostic and therapeutic techniques have allowed greater survival and quality of life of patients who wish to participate in sports. What they can do is not always easy to determine. Guidelines are helpful at the time of deciding, although finally is the doctor the one that must determine in each case the situation of the patient and the type of exercise they can do depending on the severity and type of cardiopathy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiopatías congénitas del adulto, Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular-Materno Infantil, Zaragoza, Spain. efrenmartinezquintana@yahoo.es
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez Quintana
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agredo Muñoz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodríguez González
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nieto Lago
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013177:Sports