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? GO BACK TO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015

10.45-12.30

Featured Symposium

Food and arrhythmias

Program Chairmen: Samuel Lévy – Maurizio Santomauro

PROARRHYTHMIC EFFECTS OF ENERGY DRINK AND FOOD

Chairmen: A. Oto / Ankara, Turkey –C. Riganti / Naples, Italy

Fad diets such as liquid-based programs or high-protein regimens can cause
arrhythmias in the adolescent people
S. Lévy/ Marseille, France

Alcohol can cause arrhythmias in people with normal heart
R. Hatala / Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Long-term energy drink consumption is associated with arrhythmias in young people!
A. Capucci / Ancona, Italy

High levels of herbal remedies used by young people for allergy symptoms and to
improve sports performance are proarrhythmic
G. Tenore / Naples, Italy

Energy drink-induced near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias treated with an implanted
defribillator
M. Santomauro / Naples, Italy