About this Research Topic
Sports cardiology is an emerging sub-specialty aimed to train qualified cardiovascular specialists for prevention and optimal care delivery not only to competitive athletes and highly active people, but also to the general population engaged in leisure sport and recreational exercise with various prevalence of risk factors for atherosclerosis or established cardiovascular disease. Namely, (i) pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic clearance, (ii) prevention of sudden cardiac death; (iii) risk stratification in individuals participating in recreational and competitive sports, and (iv) exercise prescription in clinical settings are the cornerstones of this discipline.
Furthermore, we would like to address areas of sports cardiology that touch on extremes conditions which remain scarcely studied, especially extreme sports practice with very long duration exercise, at extreme ages of life, in extreme environmental conditions, or even during hostile conditions like pollution or pandemic situation, which are a growing challenge.
We particularly welcome contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics: female athlete’s heart, arrhythmic risk of exercise in adult congenital heart disease, advances in the field of multi-modality cardiovascular imaging applied to sports cardiology, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and exercise prescription, outcomes in exercising individuals with cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular risk associated with myocardial bridge, impact of regular exercise on survival in chronic heart failure, pre-participation evaluation algorithms dedicated to master athletes, effect of exercise on the natural history of aortopathies, safe exercise dose and exercise prescription in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, exercise and atrial fibrillation, exercise-induced atrial remodeling, exercising in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, exercise and cardiovascular autonomic function, safe exercise dose and exercise prescription in pregnant women with structural heart disease, effects of physical disabilities on the cardiovascular system, sports cardiology in the Paralympic athlete and sports participants with congenital or acquired disability, exercise prescription to prevent cardiotoxicity, sports practice and diving, sports practice and space, sports practice and high-altitude, sports practice and extreme temperatures (hot and cold), sports practice and pollution, sports practice and ultra-endurance, sports practice and extreme ages (young and elderly).
Furthermore, we would like to address areas of sports cardiology that touch on extremes conditions which remain scarcely studied, especially extreme sports practice with very long duration exercise, at extreme ages of life, in extreme environmental conditions, or even during hostile conditions like pollution or pandemic situation, which are a growing challenge.
We particularly welcome contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following topics: female athlete’s heart, arrhythmic risk of exercise in adult congenital heart disease, advances in the field of multi-modality cardiovascular imaging applied to sports cardiology, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and exercise prescription, outcomes in exercising individuals with cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular risk associated with myocardial bridge, impact of regular exercise on survival in chronic heart failure, pre-participation evaluation algorithms dedicated to master athletes, effect of exercise on the natural history of aortopathies, safe exercise dose and exercise prescription in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies, exercise and atrial fibrillation, exercise-induced atrial remodeling, exercising in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, exercise and cardiovascular autonomic function, safe exercise dose and exercise prescription in pregnant women with structural heart disease, effects of physical disabilities on the cardiovascular system, sports cardiology in the Paralympic athlete and sports participants with congenital or acquired disability, exercise prescription to prevent cardiotoxicity, sports practice and diving, sports practice and space, sports practice and high-altitude, sports practice and extreme temperatures (hot and cold), sports practice and pollution, sports practice and ultra-endurance, sports practice and extreme ages (young and elderly).
Keywords: sports cardiology, athlete’s heart, adult congenital heart disease, aortopathies, arrhythmias, cancer, cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular risk factors, chronic coronary syndromes, exercise, heart failure, pregnancy, special environments, valvular heart disease, disability, COVID-19
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