title: Atrial flutter in a college football player: return to play or not?
abstract: Atrial flutter is relatively uncommon, especially among athletic populations. The case of a 19-year-old college football player who spontaneously developed atrial flutter illustrates recent advances in treatment, including electrical cardioversion and radiofrequency catheter ablation. Return-to-play decisions center around the risk of recurrence and the degree of symptoms during recurrences. Clinicians should be aware that the most current return-to-play guidelines do not take into consideration the newer treatment techniques that have greatly changed definitive management of atrial flutter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA. wend@health.missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flaker
authors.forename: Rex L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Patrick A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Smith