Comparatively little is known about the risk of sudden death associated with exercise in young competitive athletes, and whether the benefits of sports activity outweigh the hazards of exercise-related fatal events is a clinical dilemma. This is only a small part of the story, however, as there are considerable effects of exercise whether it be at a competitive level or on a ‘leisure’ level on patients of all ages. This in itself is of massive importance to the cardiac patient population as exercise is a key component of effective recoveryand recommended as central in the prevention of much cardiac disease. Comprehensive case-based reviews from members of the ESCPR sports cardiology group Formatted on program of recent European Cardiology Society Practical and concisehandbook for the busy clinician INDICE: Abnormal ECG patterns.-Supraventricular arrhythmias and WPW syndrome.- Ventricular arrhythmias.- Syncope.- Ischemic heart disease.- LV hypertrophy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.- Doping drugs abuse.
- ISBN: 978-1-84882-041-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 150
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés