Sports cardiology essentials
Subtitle: evaluation, management, and case studies
By: Christine E. Lawless, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780387927749; 9780387927756
Subjects: Heart; Athletic Injuries; Diseases; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Sports; Diagnosis; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Prevention & control; Pathology; Physiology; Exercise; Physiological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sudden cardiac death in athletes : scope of the problem and emergency response  -- Eric E. Coris ... [et al.]; title: Cardiovascular screening of athletes : focused exam, electrocardiograms, and limited echocardiograms  -- Christine E. Lawless; title: Echocardiography and advanced cardiac imaging in athletes  -- Aaron L. Baggish ... [et al.]; title: Exercise training and prescription  -- Steven J. Keteyian and John R. Schairer; title: Role of genetic testing for sudden death predisposing heart conditions in athletes  -- Andrew P. Landstrom, David J. Tester, and Michael J. Ackerman; title: Shortness of breath  -- Jonathan P. Parsons; title: Chest pain in the athlete : differential diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment  -- John M. MacKnight and Dilaawar J. Mistry; title: The collapsed athlete  -- Sanjeev Malik, George Chiampas, and William O. Roberts; title: Syncope/Presyncope in the competitive athlete  -- Chad A. Asplund, Francis G. O'Connor, and Benjamin D. Levine; title: Electrophysiological approach to syncope and near-syncope in the athlete  -- Rakesh Gopinathannair and Brian Olshansky; title: Heart murmurs  -- Robert E. Poley and Bryan M. White; title: Management of hypertension in athletes  -- Shafeeq Ahmed and Paul D. Thompson; title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  -- Paul Sorajja and Steve R. Ommen; title: Commotio cordis : practical aspects in sports  -- Mark S. Link; title: Coronary artery anomalies and sports activities  -- Paolo Angelini; title: Participation in sports for the athlete with the Marfan syndrome  -- Marla Mendelson; title: Congenital heart disease : exercise and sports participation  -- Marla Mendelson; title: Athlete with a device : implantable cardioverter defibrillators and pacemakers  -- Rachel Lampert and J. Philip Saul; title: Long QT syndrome and other channelopathies  -- Iwona Cygankiewicz and Wojciech Zareba; title: Cardiac effects of ergogenic aides and supplements  -- Holly J. Benjamin and Joseph A. Congeni; title: Return-to-play decisions in athletes with cardiac conditions : guidelines and considerations -- Christine E. Lawless.