Controversy has evolved over the most practical and effective strategy for preparticipation
cardiovascular screening of competitive athletes to detect unsuspected cardiovascular …

Objective: To characterise the demographics and aetiology of sudden cardiac death (SCD)
in athletes referred to a tertiary cardiac pathology centre in the UK. Design: Retrospective …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of sex and different sports on right
ventricular (RV) remodeling and compare the derived upper limits with widely used revised …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disorder,
affecting 1 in 500 individuals worldwide. Existing epidemiological studies might have …

Cardiac remodeling is typically associated with disease and can lead to heart failure. In
contrast, remodeling that occurs in the athlete's heart is considered an adaptive …

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are the main class of doping agents and their
consumption produces adverse effects involving several organs and systems. Three cases …

Objective Hypertension is reported to be the most prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular
disease in elite athletes. We aimed to review blood pressure (BP) and prevalence of …

Presentation of myocarditis in athletes is heterogeneous and establishing the diagnosis is
challenging with no current uniform clinical gold standard. The combined information from …

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a heart muscle
disease clinically characterized by life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Its prevalence …

Mutations in the cardiac desmosomal protein desmoglein-2 (DSG2) are associated with
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). We studied the explanted heart of …