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Author(s):
Uchenna Ozo
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Sanjay Sharma
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3 years ago
Athletes may occasionally succumb to sudden cardiac arrest because of a quiescent cardiac abnormality. These catastrophes are rare, affecting between 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 50,000 athletes, depending on the sporting discipline.1,2 Most deaths affect male athletes participating in explosive sports of a start–stop nature, such as basketball and soccer, and occur during or immediately after exercise.1…
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Gherardo Finocchiaro
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John Rawlins
Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
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Author(s):
Daniel X Augustine
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Tracey Keteepe-Arachi
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Aneil Malhotra
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3 years ago
Author(s):
Aneil Malhotra
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Sanjay Sharma
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3 years ago
Athletes who perform regular and intensive exercise regimes develop a variety of electrical and structural cardiac adaptations that manifest functionally to improve stroke volume and performance. Up to one-fifth of young athletes (aged between 14–35 years) reveal greater left ventricular (LV) wall thickness compared to sedentary controls, though the majority fall under 12 mm.1,2 A small…
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Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes
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Andrew D’Silva
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Michael Papadakis
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Peter P Swoboda
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Adam K McDiarmid
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Stephen P Page
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et al
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3 years ago
Inherited cardiomyopathies are primary disorders of the heart muscle that have a genetic basis. On long-term follow-up they are associated with adverse outcomes, particularly sudden death, arrhythmia and heart failure.1 The diagnosis is made on the basis of clinical, cardiac imaging (primarily with transthoracic echocardiography) and genetic features,2 ideally by a tertiary inherited cardiac…
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Author(s):
Andreas H Mahnken
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Joachim E Wildberger
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Peter R Seidensticker
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a relevant economic burden to modern medicine. In 2003 more than 1.41 million diagnostic coronary angiograms and an additional 1.24 million percutaneous coronary angioplasties were performed in the US alone.1 While coronary angiography is considered the gold standard for diagnosing CAD, several non-invasive techniques have been evaluated for assessing CAD…
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Author(s):
Hans-Joachim Trappe
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3 years ago
Neither supraventricular nor ventricular tachyarrhythmias are uncommon during pregnancy.1,2 When they are diagnosed, patients, relatives and physicians are frequently worried about ectopic beats and sustained arrhythmias.3,4 One should question whether arrhythmias should be treated in the same way as they would be outside pregnancy because all commonly used antiarrhythmic drugs cross the placenta…
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