Athlete’s Heart : A Multimodal Approach – From Physiological to Pathological Cardiac Adaptations

ISBN : 9780323952217

Author : Antonello D’Andrea

Publisher : Academic Press

Year : 2023

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : Table of contents Cover image Title page Table of Contents Copyright Dedication Contributors Chapter 1: What is athlete’s heart? Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Athlete’s heart: Should we need a more specific definition? 3: SCD in athletes: The entity of the problem 4: Preparticipation cardiovascular screening in athletes 5: The role of electrocardiography in the preparticipation 6: Indications for further cardiovascular tests 7: Cardiovascular screening in older athletes 8: Conclusions References Chapter 2: Physiological and pathological cardiac adaptations to physical exercise Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Physiological modification of the heart with physical exercise 3: Physiological modifications in different sports 4: Special environment 5: Doping and cardiovascular effects 6: Conclusions References Chapter 3: Electrocardiogram in athletes Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Common and training-related ECG changes in athletes 3: Normal ECG changes related to demographics: Age, sex, and ethnicity 4: Uncommon and training-unrelated ECG changes in athletes 5: Nonspecific ECG findings in athletes 6: Supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias on ambulatory rhythm monitoring 7: Overlap ECG pattern between athlete’s heart and pathologies 8: Conclusions References Chapter 4: Echocardiogram in athlete’s heart Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Left heart 3: Right heart 4: Vessels 5: New echocardiographic techniques 6: Conclusion References Chapter 5: Multimodality imaging in athlete’s heart Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Exercise stress testing 3: Exercise stress echocardiography 4: Cardiac magnetic resonance 5: Coronary computed tomography 6: Cardiac nuclear imaging 7: Conclusion References Chapter 6: Gray zones in athlete’s heart Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Left ventricular hypertrophy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? 3: Athlete’s heart or dilated cardiomyopathy? 4: Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy or adaptive hypertrabeculation? 5: Right ventricular physiological dilation or arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy? 6: Conclusions References Chapter 7: Genetic testing in athletes Abstract 1: Introduction 2: Genetic testing in athletes 3: Inherited cardiac disorders in athletes 4: Conclusion References Index

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