TY  - JOUR
T1  - COmpetitive sports participation in athletes with congenital long qt syndrome
AU  - Johnson JN, Ackerman MJ
Y1  - 2012/08/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.9334
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 764
EP  - 765
VL  - 308
IS  - 8
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.9334
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.9334
ER  -