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Contact Sports and ICDs

CRY’s myheart cardiologist, Dr Michael Papadakis, talks about why you would not be allowed to play contact sports if you have an ICD. For individuals who have intracardiac defibrillators, it’s very important that they take particular precautions relating to the sports that they choose to do. First of all, it’s very important to remember that when someone gets an ICD,

myheart debate – exercising with an ICD

Watch myheart members, Paula Beck and Joseph Tanner debate with CRY’s myheart cardiologist, Dr Michael Papadakis on exercising with an ICD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71PiMMjOEng   Dr Papadakis: Good Morning ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Michael Papadakis. I’m one of the cardiologists at St George’s University of London who works very closely with a charitable organisation: Cardiac Risk in the Young. Cardiac Risk