Advances in Sports Cardiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. The Impact of Sports Cardiology on Clinical Practice

   • A. Dagianti

   Pages 1-5

3. Cardiovascular Response and Adaptation to Exercise

   • J. H. Mitchell

   Pages 6-13

4. Functional Evaluation in Sports Cardiology

   • M. Faina, A. Dal Monte, G. Mirri

   Pages 14-21

5. Cardiovascular Adjustments in Wheelchair Paraplegic Athletes (WPA)

   • M. Marchetti

   Pages 22-26

6. Determinants and Physiological Limits of Cardiac Morphologic Adaptation in Elite Athletes

   • A. Pelliccia, A. Spataro, F. M. Di Paolo

   Pages 27-33

7. Significance and Prognostic Evaluation of Bradyarrhythmias in Athletes

   • G. Caselli, R. Ciardo

   Pages 34-39

8. Prognostic Evaluation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes

   • A. Biffi, G. Piovano, L. Verdile, F. Fernando

   Pages 40-44

9. Prognostic Evaluation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes

   • G. Ansalone, A. Biffi, A. Auriti, B. Magris, M. Santini

   Pages 45-53

10. Radiofrequency Ablation in the Therapy of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

    • R. Cappato

    Pages 54-62

11. The Long QT Syndrome

    • R. Cappato

    Pages 63-66

12. Current Criteria for Evaluation of Athletes with Arrhythmias

    • F. Furlanello, A. Bertoldi, F. Fernando

    Pages 67-72

13. Congenital Heart Disease of Interest in Athletes

    • P. Colonna

    Pages 73-83

14. Mitral Valve Prolapse: Criteria of Prognostic Evaluation in Athletes

    • P. Zeppilli, F. Caretta

    Pages 84-89

15. Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis and Sport

    • A. Nava, A. Corrado, L. Oselladore

    Pages 90-97

16. Pathology of Cardiac Diseases at Risk of Sudden Death in Athletes

    • D. Corrado, C. Basso, G. O. Thiene

    Pages 98-107

17. Methods for Distinguishing Athlete’s Heart from Structural Heart Disease, with Emphasis on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    • B. J. Maron

    Pages 108-114

18. Sudden Cardiac Death in Competitive Athletes

    • B. J. Maron

    Pages 115-120

19. Physical Exercise and Ischemic Heart Disease

    • V. Masini

    Pages 121-126

20. Electrocardiographic Repolarization Abnormalities in Athletes

    • M. Penco

    Pages 127-130

The original articles included in the present book have primarily been taken from papers presented at the International Advanced Course, more precise the Master on Sports Cardiology, held in Rome from November 27 to December 15 1995 at the School of Sport and Institute of Sport Sciences of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The contributions, written by internationally acknowledged scientists, appeared after extensive and careful revision by the Authors, and represent current and highly profitable scientific material. The incentive to publish this work came from Springer-Verlag, a renowned publi­ sher, and the articles have been compiled in Advances in Sports Cardiology. The present volume is an easy-to-consult, comprehensive and up-to-date refe­ rence. Possible future developments in cardiovascular evaluation in athletes have been covered, too. The cardiological evaluation of athletes represents a more than 30 years-old discipline in"Italy, with legal implications, which compel physicians in this field to investigate in each individual athlete the possible, innermost causes of cardiovascular abnormality and to express a circumstantial prognostic asses­ sment. Cardiologists in this field should have an extensive background in phy­ siology but should also be aware of the indications and limits of the instrumen­ tal diagnostic procedures used in clinical practice as well as of the distinction between normal physiological adaptation to exercise and training and a true pathological cardiac process. Hence, sound basis in physiology with a major interest in clinical practice distinguishes sports cardiology as a new and origi­ nal discipline.

• Ablation
• cardiovascular
• cardiovascular system
• congenital heart disease
• heart
• hypertension
• sudden cardiac death

• Istituto di Scienza dello Sport, Scuola dello Sport, Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, Roma, Italy

  A. Pelliccia, G. Caselli, P. Bellotti

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