Safety of Sports for Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

- individuals between the ages of 10 and 60

- has a defibrillator

- plays a competitive/organized sport more vigorous than golf or bowling or
participates in a dangerous sport

Exclusion Criteria:

- children under 10 years (as they engage in primarily recreational sports)

- individuals over the age of 60 years (maintain a homogenous population)

- inability to give informed consent