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Sporting activities in those with ICDs Lampert and colleagues reported a prospective multi-national registry looking at the safety of sports for athletes with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in 2013.1 At the time of inception in 2006, the international (American Heart Association [AHA] and European Society of Cardiology [ESC]) recommendations were that billiards, bowling and golf were acceptable activities for such patient athletes. Concerns related to potential failure of the ICD to defibrillate due to metabolic, autonomic or potentially ischaemic changes during intense exercise, potential death or harm due to momentary loss

Introduction Physical activity and sports play a pivotal role in maintaining overall health and well-being, and as societies become increasingly sedentary, with an epidemic of obesity1,2 and type 2 diabetes3 in the western world, the medical profession seeks to promote meaningful exercise during daily life to maintain physical and mental health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that all adults engage in a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, per week.4 For many years, the causes of sudden death in young people have been under scrutiny, with those events particularly highlight