Webinar Overview

Join a webinar hosted by ACC's Sports and Exercise Member Section addressing the contemporary causes of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in athletes, including key structural and electrical etiologies, and reviewing current evidence and guideline-informed principles for ICD management and eligibility.

Participants will learn about the return-to-play considerations for athletes with an ICD, incorporating individualized risk assessment, sport-specific considerations and evolving outcome data.

Key Objectives/Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the leading causes of SCA in competitive athletes including structural, electrical and idiopathic etiologies.
2. Review contemporary data and case lessons from the cardiac arrest of Christian Eriksen and similar events.
3. Understand current evidence and guideline recommendations for ICD placement and management in athletes.
4. Apply shared decision-making principles to return-to-play discussions after SCA or ICD implantation.
5. Learn how to approach the emergency action plan in athletes with an ICD.

Webinar Participants

Ankit B. Shah, MD, FACC
Rachel J. Lampert, MD, FACC
Eugene H. Chung, MD, MPH, FACC
Michael Papadakis, MD
Matthew W. Martinez, MD, FACC

Credit Information

No credit is being offered for this webinar.