Advocacy in Sports Cardiology: A Call to Arms

Affiliations

¹ Mayo Clinic, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
² American College of Cardiology, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Division of Sports Cardiology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Lindsays Law, New York, New York, USA.
⁷ National Football League, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
¹⁰ Gragg Center for Cardiovascular Performance, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Editorial

Elizabeth H Dineen et al. JACC Adv. 2024.

. 2024 May 7;3(6):100985.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100985. eCollection 2024 Jun.

¹ Mayo Clinic, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
² American College of Cardiology, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
⁴ Division of Sports Cardiology, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Lindsays Law, New York, New York, USA.
⁷ National Football League, New York, New York, USA.
⁸ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
¹⁰ Gragg Center for Cardiovascular Performance, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: CPR; athlete; defibrillator; exercise; health policy; sudden cardiac death.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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