Brugada's syndrome; Long QT syndrome; Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
  • Private driving is permitted after appropriate investigation and treatment guided by a cardiologist and beginning 6 months after any event causing impaired level of conciousness.
  • Commercial driving is not permitted (disqualified)*.
Catheter ablation procedure; EPS with no inducible sustained ventricular arrhythmias
  • Private driving is permitted beginning 48 hours after discharge.
  • Commercial driving is permitted beginning 1 week after discharge.

*Inherited heart diseases may sometimes be indentified to pose a very low risk to patients. Individual cases can sometimes be made to allow a commercial driver to continue driving despite the diagnosis of one of these diseases, provided the annual risk of sudden incapacitation is believed to be 1% or less.