Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Arrest, and Shared Decision Making in a Recreational Athlete.

ABSTRACT: A highly active 59-year-old-man with a history of cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction presented for exercise recommendations. Multimodality risk stratification led to ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest at the completion of a maximal effort cardiopulmonary exercise test. Using shared decision making, the safety and feasibility of returning to exercise were discussed. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

SUBMITTER: Kanwal AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481915 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature