Athlete's Heart: A Multimodal Approach - From Physiological to Pathological Cardiac Adaptations provides a complete overview of all adaptations of the heart to sport practice by highlighting the different diagnosis between athlete's heart and pathological remodeling. Written by international experts in the field, chapters discuss ECG findings, echocardiogram data, cardiac magnetic resonance and new forms of multimodality imaging, providing readers with evidence-based guidance on how to differentiate athlete's heart from cardiomyopathies.
Athlete's heart is the term given to a constellation of cardiac structural, functional and electrical remodeling that accompanies regular athletic training. Due to the substantial phenotypic overlap between electrical and structural changes observed in the physiological athletic heart remodeling and pathological changes resulted from inherited or acquired cardiomyopathies, distinguishing between adaptive and maladaptive cardiovascular response to exercise is a challenging task.
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Table of Contents
1. Physiological and pathological cardiac adaptations to physical exercise 2. ECG in athletes 3. Echocardiogram in athletes 4. Multi-imaging in athletes 5. Grey zones in athlete's heart 6. Case Studies
Authors
Antonello D'Andrea Professor, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitell. Director, Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Umberto I Hospital, Naples, Italy. Dr. Antonello D'Andrea is Director of the Complex Unit of Cardiology and Intensive Care at the Umberto I Hospital Nocera Inf and Head of the ICU of the Cardiology Department of the Second University of Naples, Italy.His research interests include non-invasive diagnostic cardiology in the acute and chronic patients, left ventricular hypertrophy and athlete's heart. He is the author of numerous manuscripts, chapters and reviews addressing changes induced by different sport activities in the heart's structure and cardiac response. Eduardo Bossone Director Cardiology Division University of Salerno, Amalfi Coast Hospital, Lauro-Avellino, Italy. Prof. Bossone MD, PhD, FCCP, FESC, FACC graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Naples "Federico II". He is specialist in cardiology, respiratory diseases and PhD in cardiovascular sciences. He is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physician, American College of Cardiology and Adjunct Professor at the Cardiology Fellowship Program and International PhD Program in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Therapeutics, University of Naples. In 2006 for his scientific merits, he was awarded the title of scholar of the Italian Society of Cardiology.
