308 Abstract Echocardiography is the most widely used method for assessing left and right ventricular function, valvular disease and cardiac abnormalities. Echocardiography is a specific tool for screening of competitive athletes. Focused echocardiography by non-cardiologist sports medicine physicians could also evaluate conditions that are prevalent among athletes, such as congenital heart di...

BACKGROUND Mitral regurgitation during diastole in 5 subjects, of whom 4 affected by cardiovascular disease and 1 healthy competitive athlete, was the aim of this work. The 4 patients are respectively affected by: 1st case: arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and III degree AV block in NYHA class II heart failure (HF); 2nd case: NYHA III HF, prosthetic biologic aortic valve dysfunction; 3th cas...

Abstract Background Prolongation of the PR interval is a common finding among competitive athletes. However, further investigations should be performed when markedly prolonged. We report case young male athlete with late progressive congenital form autoimmune-mediated atrioventricular block. Case presentation A 26-year-old was referred to our center because significant prolongation (PR=400 ms),...

Injuries can counter the beneficial effects of sports participation at a young age if a child or adolescent is unable to continue to participate because of residual effects of injury. Independent of activity level, injuries represent a considerable problem for the athlete and can result in an increased potential for future disability and inactivity. Injuries are also referred to as one of the m...

During the last decades, the use of sensors for tracking sport activities got more and more common for professionals and amateurs. This goes side by side with technological advances in miniaturization and computational power which make devices smaller, less distracting and cheaper. Thus, more and more data with increasing precision is gathered and motivates the use of modeling techniques for an...

As a physician, coach, or trainer, we see athletes as healthy, physically fit, and able to tolerate extremes of physical endurance. It seems improbable that such athletes may have, on occasion, underlying life-threatening cardiovascular abnormalities. Regular physical activity promulgates cardiovascular fitness and lowers the risk of cardiac disease. However, under intense physical exertion and...

Over the past 15 years, there has been an increase in youth sports participation with a concomitant increase in early year-round training in a single sport. Many factors contribute to the desire of parents and coaches to encourage early single sport specialization, including the desire to give the young athlete an edge in competition, pursuit of scholarships, and potential professional status, ...

For the athlete training hard, nutritional supplements are often seen as promoting adaptations to training, allowing more consistent and intensive training by promoting recovery between training sessions, reducing interruptions to training because of illness or injury, and enhancing competitive performance. Surveys show that the prevalence of supplement use is widespread among sportsmen and wom...

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