Sports Cardiology

Part I. Cadiovascular Diagnostics

1. Medical History and Physical Examination in Sports Medicine
Milena Leo, Francesco Perna, Roberto Leo, Massimo Fioranelli

2. Electrocardiographic Signal Analysis
Francesco Perna

3. Echocardiography in Athletes
Vittoria Rizzello, Massimo Fioranelli

4. Vascular Ultrasound
Ombretta Martinelli, Luigi Irace, Paolo Gozzo

5. CT of the Coronary Arteries: Identification and Characterization of the Atherosclerotic Plaque
Ilaria D’Angeli, Paolo Pavone

6. Cardiac MR
Leda Galiuto, Gabriella Locorotondo, Elisa Fedele

7. Myocardial Radionuclide Imaging
Nishant R. Shah, Eduardo A. Hernandez, J. Alberto Lopez, Warren H. Moore

8. Cardiac Catheterization
Stefano Tonioni, Carlo Gonnella, Fabrizio D’Errico

9. Coronary Angiography
Stefano Tonioni, Carlo Gonnella, Fabrizio D’Errico, Maria Antonietta Carbone

10. Endomyocardial Biopsy
Stefano Tonioni, Carlo Gonnella, Emiliano Pica

11. Integrated Imaging
Italo Porto, Rocco Vergallo, Maddalena Piro, Bruno Pironi, Massimo Fioranelli

12. The Intracardiac Electrophysiological Study
Caterina Bisceglia, Valentina Boccadamo

Part II. Clinical Cardiology in the Athlete

13. Syncope
Caterina Bisceglia, Maddalena Piro

14. Epidemiology, Classification and Description of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Francesco Perna, Milena Leo

15. Pre-excitation Syndrome
Caterina Bisceglia, Augusto Mazzetti

16. Electrophysiological Studies in Athletes
Luigi Sciarra, Antonella Sette, Annamaria Martino, Alessandro Fagagnini, Lucia Luca, Ermenegildo Ruvo, Claudia Tota, Marco Rebecchi, Fabio Sperandii, Emanuele Guerra, Gennaro Alfano, Fabrizio Guarracini, Fabio Pigozzi, Leonardo Calò

17. Transcatheter Ablation in Athletes
Luigi Sciarra, Marco Rebecchi, Annamaria Martino, Ermenegildo Ruvo, Lucia Luca, Claudia Tota, Fabio Sperandii, Emanuele Guerra, Fabrizio Guarracini, Fabio Pigozzi, Leonardo Calò

18. Valvulopathies in Young Athletes
Enrica Mariano, Armando Passeri, Massimo Fioranelli

19. Cardiomyopathies in the Athlete
Caterina Bisceglia, Maddalena Piro

20. Myocarditis and Pericarditis in Young Athletes
Enrica Mariano, Maria Bianchi, Antonio Lucifero, Fiorella Caranci

21. Non-Structural Causes of Sudden Death
Giuseppe Picciolo

22. The Paradox of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young: The Main Mission of a Sports Cardiologist
Paolo Angelini

23. Peripheral Vascular Disease in Athletes
Ombretta Martinelli, Luigi Irace, Paolo Gozzo

24. Hypertension in Athletes
Mara Piccoli, Serafino Orazi, Massimo Fioranelli

25. Sporting Activities for Patients with Chronic Ischemic Disease. Focus on Patients Treated with Angioplasty and Stent Implants
Chiara Leuzzi, Fabiana Rollini, Massimo Sangiorgi

26. Sports Practice in Congenital Heart Diseases
Pier Paolo Bassareo

27. Sports Practice in Individuals with Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Filippo Lamberti

28. Other Clinical Indications: Sports Practice in Individuals with Patent Foramen Ovale and in Patients Undergoing Non-Coronary Interventional Procedures
Ilaria Dato, Rocco Vergallo, Antonella Tommasino, Italo Porto

29. Cardiac Rehabilitation
Mara Piccoli, Giovanna Giubilato

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine