Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 4: Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

George F Van Hare; Michael J Ackerman; Juli-Anne K Evangelista; Richard J Kovacs; Robert J Myerburg; Keri M Shafer; Carole A Warnes; Reginald L Washington

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.036

Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 4: Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 1;66(21):2372-2384. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.036. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

Authors

George F Van Hare, Michael J Ackerman, Juli-Anne K Evangelista, Richard J Kovacs, Robert J Myerburg, Keri M Shafer, Carole A Warnes, Reginald L Washington

PMID: 26542660
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.036

No abstract available

Keywords: ACC/AHA Scientific Statements; Fontan procedure; athletes; cardiovascular abnormalities; congenital heart disease; coronary vessel anomalies; transposition of great arteries.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Advisory Committees*
American Heart Association*
Athletes*
Cardiology / standards*
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / complications
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Abnormalities / surgery
Child
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / epidemiology*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult