Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC …

L Mont, A Pelliccia, S Sharma, A Biffi, M Borjesson… - Ep …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) associated with athletic activity is a rare but devastating event.
Victims are usually young and apparently healthy, and while many of these deaths remain …

European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) joint position statement: recommendations for …

A Pelliccia, S Caselli, S Sharma, C Basso… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Athletic training is associated with a spectrum of morphologic and functional cardiac
adaptations known as 'the athlete's heart'. 1, 2 To the purpose of the present document an …

Recommendations for participation in competitive and leisure time sport in athletes with cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and pericarditis: position statement of the Sport …

A Pelliccia, EE Solberg, M Papadakis… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Myocardial diseases are associated with an increased risk of potentially fatal cardiac
arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death/cardiac arrest during exercise, including hypertrophic …

Exercise and the heart: the good, the bad, and the ugly

S Sharma, A Merghani, L Mont - European heart journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The benefits of exercise are irrefutable. Individuals engaging in regular exercise have a
favourable cardiovascular risk profile for coronary artery disease and reduce their risk of …

Echocardiographic assessment of the right heart in adults: a practical guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography

A Zaidi, DS Knight, DX Augustine, A Harkness… - Echo Research & …, 2020 - Springer
The structure and function of the right side of the heart is influenced by a wide range of
physiological and pathological conditions. Quantification of right heart parameters is …

The U-shaped relationship between exercise and cardiac morbidity

A Merghani, A Malhotra, S Sharma - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Exercise confers a plethora of health benefits that are well documented, whereas physical
inactivity is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The dose of …

Comparison of electrocardiographic criteria for the detection of cardiac abnormalities in elite black and white athletes

N Sheikh, M Papadakis, S Ghani, A Zaidi, S Gati… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Recent efforts have focused on improving the specificity of the European
Society of Cardiology (ESC) criteria for ECG interpretation in athletes. These criteria are …

The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

M Galderisi, N Cardim, A d'Andrea… - European Heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The term 'athlete's heart'refers to a clinical picture characterized by a slow heart rate and
enlargement of the heart. A multi-modality imaging approach to the athlete's heart aims to …

Vigorous physical activity impairs myocardial function in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and in mutation positive family members

J Saberniak, NE Hasselberg… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Exercise increases risk of ventricular arrhythmia in subjects with arrhythmogenic right
ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). We aimed to investigate the impact of exercise on …

Potential long-term health problems associated with ultra-endurance running: a narrative review

V Scheer, NB Tiller, S Doutreleau, M Khodaee… - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
It is well established that physical activity reduces all-cause mortality and can prolong life.
Ultra-endurance running (UER) is an extreme sport that is becoming increasingly popular …