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Shared Decision Making for Athletes with Cardiovascular Disease: Practical Considerations.
Baggish AL, Ackerman MJ, Putukian M, Lampert R. Shared Decision Making for Athletes with Cardiovascular Disease: Practical Considerations. Current Sports Medicine Reports 2019, 18: 76-81. PMID: 30855305, DOI: 10.1249/jsr.0000000000000575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSports medicine communityCardiovascular diseaseCompetitive athletesAmerican Heart AssociationSports medicine teamPatients/familiesPatient-centered care modelMedicine communitySports eligibilityHeart AssociationHeart diseaseCare modelEffective treatmentAmerican CollegeMedicine teamCompetitive athleticsDiseaseScientific statementAthletesDiagnosisPrimary objectiveContinued participationCliniciansCardiologyEligibility decisions
2012
Patients’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators: Potential Barriers to Appropriate Primary Prophylaxis
YUHAS J, MATTOCKS K, GRAVELIN L, REMETZ M, FOLEY J, FAZIO R, LAMPERT R. Patients’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators: Potential Barriers to Appropriate Primary Prophylaxis. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 2012, 35: 1179-1187. PMID: 22897624, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2012.03497.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden cardiac deathICD referralPrimary prophylaxisPatients' attitudesPotential patient-related barriersPrimary prevention candidatesOutpatient cardiology clinicPatient-related barriersRecords of patientsImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorLife-prolonging interventionsCardiac deathEjection fractionPhysician recommendationSurgical riskCardiology clinicICD placementOpen-ended interview guideCardioverter defibrillatorLifestyle changesICD prophylaxisPatientsProphylaxisReferralICD