Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 3: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiomyopathies, and Myocarditis

“In the past, there was no shared decision-making about sports eligibility for athletes with heart disease. These athletes were automatically prohibited from participating in sports if almost any cardiac issue was present.”

“There has been a paradigm shift in sports cardiology, really all of medicine, with a focus on shared decision-making and incorporating the patient in the decision-making process. In the past, this process completely excluded the athlete, and the doctors were just telling the athlete what they could or could not do.”