Cardiac problems in athletic individuals are rare, but when they occur can be devastating. This book provides a definitive review of current practice and thinking surrounding the often difficult and life-changing practice of sports cardiology. Topics which remain a challenge for practitioners, athletes and families are investigated, including cardiovascular screening, exercise participation prescription, and prevention strategies for sudden cardiac arrest. Also given are medical guidelines for diagnosis, management and treatment of specific cardiac illnesses. Based on their earlier work Exercise and Sports Cardiology (2001), editors Paul Thompson and Antonio Fernandez have provided an updated, improved 3-part reference work for cardiologists, physicians, coaches, trainers, medical students and researchers with a comprehensive go-to reference for modern day concerns in the expanding field of sports cardiology research and treatment.
Key Feature: This book will be distinguished from others by the breadth of its topic matter, the international reputation of the contributors, and the practicality of the advice provided to clinicians Contents: Volume 1: Cardiac Adaptations and Environmental Stress During Exercise: The Development of Sports Cardiology as a Section of Cardiology (Christine Lawless); Exercise Physiology for the Clinician (Satyam Sarma & Benjamin D Levine); Cardiac Adaptation to Sport: The "Athlete's Heart" (Rory B Weiner & Aaron L Baggish); Adaptation of the Coronary Circulation to Exercise/ Exercise Training (M Harold Laughlin & T Dylan Olver); Electrophysiologic Adaptations to Exercise Training and Management of Arrhythmias in the Athlete (Flavio D'Ascenzi, Alessandro Zorzi & Domenico Corrado); The Athlete's Electrocardiogram (Sanjay Sharma & Keerthi Prakash); Echocardiography and the Athlete's Heart (Antonio B Fernandez & Lovely Chhabra); The Athlete at Altitude (Eugene E Wolfel); Exercise Aspects of Swimming and Diving (Alfred Bove); Heat Stress and Illnesses in Athletes (Luke N Belval, William M Adams & Douglas J Casa); Volume 2: Specific Diseases and Athletes: Atherosclerosis in Athletes (Vincent L Aengevaeren, Maria T E Hopman, & Thijs M H Eijsvogels); Treating Lipid Disorders in Athletes (Waseem Chaudhry); Management of Hypertension in Athletes (René H Cuadra & William White); Exercise Prescriptions for Patients/Athletes with Coronary Artery Disease (Jonathan Ho-You Kim); Congenital Coronary Anomalies in the Young (Silvana Molossi & Carlos M Mery); Valvular Heart Disease in Athletes (Walter Mashman); ….
Readership: Cardiologists, physicians, coaches, trainers, medical students and sports or cardiology researchers.
