During acute or chronic lung injury, inappropriate immune response and/or aberrant repair
process causes irreversible damage in lung tissue and most usually results in the …

In a previous paper, as the first of a series of three on the importance of characteristics and
modalities of physical activity (PA) and exercise in the management of cardiovascular health …

Ambulatory ECG (AECG) is very commonly employed in a variety of clinical contexts to
detect cardiac arrhythmias and/or arrhythmia patterns which are not readily obtained from …

Cardiovascular remodelling in the conditioned athlete is frequently associated with
physiological ECG changes. Abnormalities, however, may be detected which represent …

Background The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during participation in sports activities
remains unknown. Preparticipation screening programs aimed at preventing sudden cardiac …

The Olympic Games is the largest sport event in the world. In Beijing, 10 500 athletes
competed, selected from a large group of elite athletes in 204 countries. Sports participation …

Sudden death (SD) of young people because of a variety of complex, predominantly
genetic/congenital cardiovascular diseases is a riveting, devastating event and a public …

Esta atualização da Diretriz de Insuficiência Cardíaca Crônica (IC)-2012 surge para
reavaliar as recomendações através de uma avaliação criteriosa das pesquisas …

People with epilepsy (PWE s) are often advised against participating in sports and exercise,
mostly because of fear, overprotection, and ignorance about the specific benefits and risks …

Although the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a young person is a rare event, it
is traumatic and often widely publicized. In recent years, SCD in this population has been …