Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions

Informed consent is of the utmost importance, especially in complex clinical situations where patients may be exposed to a life-threatening risk. A particularly complex example is the eligibility of competitive athletes with inherited cardiac conditions on medical grounds, especially when the risk i...

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Autores principales: Providencia, Rui, Teixeira, Carina, Segal, Oliver R, Ullstein, Augustus, Lambiase, Pier D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28890793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000516
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author Providencia, Rui
Teixeira, Carina
Segal, Oliver R
Ullstein, Augustus
Lambiase, Pier D
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description Informed consent is of the utmost importance, especially in complex clinical situations where patients may be exposed to a life-threatening risk. A particularly complex example is the eligibility of competitive athletes with inherited cardiac conditions on medical grounds, especially when the risk is low or unquantifiable. The rationale and benefits of a joint informed consent for athletes to compete with potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions are discussed in this manuscript.
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spelling pubmed-55669872017-09-08 Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions Providencia, Rui Teixeira, Carina Segal, Oliver R Ullstein, Augustus Lambiase, Pier D Open Heart Arrhythmias and Sudden Death Informed consent is of the utmost importance, especially in complex clinical situations where patients may be exposed to a life-threatening risk. A particularly complex example is the eligibility of competitive athletes with inherited cardiac conditions on medical grounds, especially when the risk is low or unquantifiable. The rationale and benefits of a joint informed consent for athletes to compete with potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions are discussed in this manuscript. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5566987/ /pubmed/28890793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2016-000516 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
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title_full Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
title_fullStr Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
title_full_unstemmed Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
title_short Call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
title_sort call for joint informed consent in athletes with inherited cardiac conditions
topic Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566987/
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