Applying Shared Decision Making to Sports Participation for a Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Alejandro E de Feria; Kimberly Y Lin; Sharlene M Day

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.005

Applying Shared Decision Making to Sports Participation for a Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Nov 20;3(1):6-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.005. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Alejandro E de Feria^{1

2}, Kimberly Y Lin^{1

2}, Sharlene M Day^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Cardiovascular Division, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

A patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a cardio-defibrillator implanted for primary prevention would like to compete on the ski team at his school. This case illustrates how a shared decision-making approach can be applied when counseling patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy about exercise and sports participation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; SAM, systolic anterior motion; echocardiography; exercise; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; shared decision making; sports cardiology; sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

Case Reports