TY - JOUR
T1 - Recommendations for physical activity and recreational sports participation for young patients with genetic cardiovascular diseases
AU - Maron, Barry J.
AU - Chaitman, Bernard R.
AU - Ackerman, Michael J.
AU - De Luna, Antonio Bayés
AU - Corrado, Domenico
AU - Crosson, Jane E.
AU - Deal, Barbara J.
AU - Driscoll, David J.
AU - Estes, N. A.Mark
AU - Araújo, Claudio Gil S.
AU - Liang, David H.
AU - Mitten, Matthew J.
AU - Myerburg, Robert J.
AU - Pelliccia, Antonio
AU - Thompson, Paul D.
AU - Towbin, Jeffrey A.
AU - Van Camp, Steven P.
PY - 2004/6/8
Y1 - 2004/6/8
N2 - A group of relatively uncommon but important genetic cardiovascular diseases (GCVDs) are associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death during exercise, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long-QT syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. These conditions, characterized by diverse phenotypic expression and genetic substrates, account for a substantial proportion of unexpected and usually arrhythmia-based fatal events during adolescence and young adulthood. Guidelines are in place governing eligibility and disqualification criteria for competitive athletes with these GCVDs (eg, Bethesda Conference No. 26 and its update as Bethesda Conference No. 36 in 2005). However, similar systematic recommendations for the much larger population of patients with GCVD who are not trained athletes, but nevertheless wish to participate in any of a variety of recreational physical activities and sports, have not been available. The practicing clinician is frequently confronted with the dilemma of designing noncompetitive exercise programs for athletes with GCVD after disqualification from competition, as well as for those patients with such conditions who do not aspire to organized sports. Indeed, many asymptomatic (or mildly symptomatic) patients with GCVD desire a physically active lifestyle with participation in recreational and leisure-time activities to take advantage of the many documented benefits of exercise. However, to date, no reference document has been available for ascertaining which types of physical activity could be regarded as either prudent or inadvisable in these subgroups of patients. Therefore, given this clear and present need, this American Heart Association consensus document was constituted, based largely on the experience and insights of the expert panel, to offer recommendations governing recreational exercise for patients with known GCVDs.
AB - A group of relatively uncommon but important genetic cardiovascular diseases (GCVDs) are associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death during exercise, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long-QT syndrome, Marfan syndrome, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. These conditions, characterized by diverse phenotypic expression and genetic substrates, account for a substantial proportion of unexpected and usually arrhythmia-based fatal events during adolescence and young adulthood. Guidelines are in place governing eligibility and disqualification criteria for competitive athletes with these GCVDs (eg, Bethesda Conference No. 26 and its update as Bethesda Conference No. 36 in 2005). However, similar systematic recommendations for the much larger population of patients with GCVD who are not trained athletes, but nevertheless wish to participate in any of a variety of recreational physical activities and sports, have not been available. The practicing clinician is frequently confronted with the dilemma of designing noncompetitive exercise programs for athletes with GCVD after disqualification from competition, as well as for those patients with such conditions who do not aspire to organized sports. Indeed, many asymptomatic (or mildly symptomatic) patients with GCVD desire a physically active lifestyle with participation in recreational and leisure-time activities to take advantage of the many documented benefits of exercise. However, to date, no reference document has been available for ascertaining which types of physical activity could be regarded as either prudent or inadvisable in these subgroups of patients. Therefore, given this clear and present need, this American Heart Association consensus document was constituted, based largely on the experience and insights of the expert panel, to offer recommendations governing recreational exercise for patients with known GCVDs.
KW - AHA Scientific Statements
KW - Arrhythmia
KW - Cardiomyopathy
KW - Exercise
KW - Genetics
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U2 - 10.1161/01.CIR.0000128363.85581.E1
DO - 10.1161/01.CIR.0000128363.85581.E1
M3 - Article
C2 - 15184297
AN - SCOPUS:2942624120
SN - 0009-7322
VL - 109
SP - 2807
EP - 2816
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
IS - 22
ER -