RT Journal
A1 Johnson JN, Ackerman MJ
T1 COmpetitive sports participation in athletes with congenital long qt syndrome
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD August 22
VO 308
IS 8
SP 764
OP 765
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.9334
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9334
AB 
To the Editor: Competitive sports participation for athletes with long QT syndrome (LQTS) is guided by the 36th Bethesda Conference, which recommends that patients with either (1) symptoms, (2) a corrected QT interval (QTc) greater than 470 milliseconds (males) or 480 milliseconds (females), or (3) an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) not participate in most sports.1 The European Society of Cardiology guidelines are more restrictive, disqualifying athletes from all sports based solely on a stringent QTc cutoff (>440 milliseconds in males, >460 milliseconds in females).2 We sought to determine the outcomes of patients with LQTS who chose to remain athletes against guideline recommendations.