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Athlete with a Device: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Pacemakers

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WK is a former collegiate varsity basketball player at Pepperdine University who at age 19 had a frank syncopal spell while running during practice. Cardiologic evaluation demonstrated unequivocal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted. There was no family history of sudden cardiac death (SCD).

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Lampert, R., Saul, J.P. (2011). Athlete with a Device: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Pacemakers. In: Lawless, C. (eds) Sports Cardiology Essentials. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92775-6_18

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