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    Athletes and Arrhythmias

    Authors: , MD, FACC, FHRS , 1 , , MD, FACC, FACP, FASNC , 1

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    Journal: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

    Publisher: Compuscript

    Keywords: athletes, cardiac remodeling, arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death

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        Sudden cardiac death related to athletic competition is a rare but tragic event. The victims are typically young with no previous cardiovascular symptoms or limitations. The majority of sudden cardiac death events in athletes are due to ventricular arrhythmias as a result of underlying molecular and/or structural level pathologic substrate. In this article, we will review the physiologic cardiac adaptations to exercise along with arrhythmias seen in athletes with a focus on those commonly associated with sudden cardiac death.

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              1University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
              Author notes
              Correspondence: Michael J. Jansen, MD, FACC, FHRS and Floyd W. Burke, MD, FACC, FACP, FASNC, 4037 NW 86th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32606, USA, Tel.: +1-352-5941748, Fax: +1-352-5941777, E-mail: michael.jansen@ 123456medicine.ufl.edu ; and floyd.burke@ 123456medicine.ufl.edu
              Journal
              Journal ID (publisher-id): CVIA
              Title: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications
              Abbreviated Title: CVIA
              Publisher: Compuscript (Ireland )
              ISSN (Electronic): 2009-8618
              ISSN (Print): 2009-8618
              Publication date (Print): February 2016
              Publication date (Electronic): February 2016
              Volume: 1
              Issue: 2
              Pages: 211-219
              Publisher ID: cvia20150020
              DOI: 10.15212/CVIA.2015.0020
              Copyright statement: Copyright © 2016 Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

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              This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.

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              ScienceOpen disciplines: General medicine, Medicine, Geriatric medicine, Transplantation, Cardiovascular Medicine, Anesthesiology & Pain management

              Keywords: sudden cardiac death, athletes, cardiac remodeling, arrhythmias

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