The registry will obtain information to determine the safety of sports participation for patients with defibrillators (ICDs).
Patients who are participating in sports who have defibrillators will be invited to participate in a prospective registry to determine the rate of adverse events occurring during sporting activities. Patients will be followed for four years and adverse events quantified. Yale is the coordinating center for this multicenter registry.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
Resuscitated arrest or death during sports, or injury during sports due to arrhythmic symptoms and/or shock.
Time frame: four years
System malfunction and incidence of ventricular arrhythmias (VA) requiring multiple shocks for termination
Time frame: four years.
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