Basavarajaiah, S., Wilson, M., Junagde, S., Jackson, G., Whyte, G. and Sharma, S.

"Physiological left ventricular hypertrophy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an elite adolescent athlete: role of detraining in resolving the clinical dilemma."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2006

Basavarajaiah, S., Makan, J., Reza Naghavi, S.H., Whyte, G., Gati, S. and Sharma, S.

"Physiological upper limits of left atrial diameter in highly trained adolescent athletes."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006 Vol.47, p2341-2342

Batterham, A.M., George, K.P., Whyte, G., Sharma, S. and McKenna, W.J.

"Scaling cardiac structural data by body dimensions: A review of theory, practice and problems."

International Journal of Sports Medicine 1999 (November) Volume 20 Issue 8, p495-502  [Abstract]

Dawson, E.A., Shave, R., George, K., Whyte, G., Ball, D., Gaze, D. and Collinson, P.

"Cardiac drift during prolonged exercise with echocardiographic evidence of reduced diastolic function of the heart."

European Journal of Applied Physiology 2005 Vol.94, p305-309  [Abstract]

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Varma, C., Virdee, M.S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Assessment of the significance of ECG abnormalities in junior elite athletes."

Heart 2001 Vol.85 (Supplement I), p.32

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes."

2^nd International Congress on heart disease 2001

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Defining physiological upper limits for left ventricular cavity size in junior elite athletes."

2^nd International Scientific Conference on the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 2001

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Mist, B., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Differentiation of physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes from pathological hypertrophy in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using peak oxygen consumption measurement."

4^th European Workshop on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy 2000

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Mist, B., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Peak oxygen consumption measurement differentiates physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in junior athletes from pathological hypertrophy in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Heart 2001 Vol.85 (Supplement I), p.31

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Mist, B., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G., McKenna, W.J.

"Peak oxygen consumption measurement differentiates physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in junior athletes from pathological hypertrophy in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001 Vol.37 (2 Supplement A), p151A

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes: relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001 Vol.37 (2 Supplement A), p151A.

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes: Relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete’s heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

4^th European Workshop on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy 2000

Firoozi, S, Sharma, S., Hamid, M.S. and McKenna, W.J.

"Sudden death in young athletes: HCM or ARVC?"

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 2002 (January) Vol.16 No.1, p.11-17  [Abstract]

Firoozi, S., Sharma, S., Elliott, P.M., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J.

"What is the significance of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in junior elite athletes?"

2^nd International Congress on heart disease 2001

Gati, S., Basavarajaiah, S. and Sharma, S.

"Athlete’s heart or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?"

4^th European Sports Medicine Congress 2005

George, K., Sharma, S., Batterham, A., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Allometric analysis of the association between cardiac dimensions and body size variables in 464 junior athletes."

Clinical Science 2001 (January) Vol.100 Issue 1, p47-54  [Abstract]  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

George, K.P., Gates, P.E., Whyte, G., Fenoglio, R.A. and Lea, R.

"Echocardiographic examination of cardiac structure and function in elite cross trained male and female Alpine skiers."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 1999 Vol.33 Issue 2, p93-98  [Abstract]  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

George, K., Oxborough, D., Forster, J., Whyte, G., Shave, R., Dawson, E., Stephenson, C., Dugdill, L., Edwards, B. and Gaze, D.

"Mitral annular myocardial velocity assessment of segmental left ventricular diastolic function after prolonged exercise in humans."

The Journal of Physiology 2005 Vol.569, p305-313

George, K., Whyte, G., Batterham, A., Sharma, S. and McKenna, W.J.

"The relationship between left ventricular mass and body size in male athletes."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1999

Makan, J., Sharma, S., Firoozi, S., Whyte, G., Jackson, P.G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Physiological upper limits of ventricular cavity size in highly trained adolescent athletes"

Heart 2005 Vol.91, p495-499

McKenna, W.J. and Sharma, S.

"Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Primary Prevention, Immediate Evaluation and Management, Long-Term Management, Experimental and Theoretical Developments."

Cardiac Electrophysiology Review 1997 (March) Vol.1 No's.1-2, p229-232

McKenna, W.J., Firoozi,S. and Sharma, S.

"Sudden death in young athletes."

11^th European Meeting of the French Society of Cardiology 2001

McKenna, W.J. and Sharma, S.

"The Echocardiographic Assessment of a Young Athlete."

Leading Echocardiographer 1997 (September) Issue 1

Middleton, N., Shave, R., George, K., Whyte, G., Hart, E. and Atkinson, G.

"Left ventricular function immediately following prolonged exercise: a meta-analysis."

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2006 Vol.38, No.4, p681-687  [Abstract]

Sharma, S.

"Athlete’s heart – effect of age, sex, ethnicity and sporting discipline."

Experimental Physiology 2003 Vol.88, p665-669  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P. and McKenna, W.J.

"Cardiac Dimensions in Junior Athletes."

Proceedings of the European College of Sports Science 1998

Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P., and McKenna, W.J.

"Echocardiographic Findings in Elite Junior Athletes."

Heart 1998 Vol.79

Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliot, P., Padula, M., Kaushal, R., Mahon, N. and McKenna, W.J.

"Electrocardiographic changes in 1000 highly trained junior elite athletes."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 1999 Vol.33 Issue 5, p319-324  [Abstract]  [Full Text - downloadable PDF]

Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P., Prasad, K., Varnava, A. and McKenna, W.J.

"Metabolic exercise testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: relation of sub-maximal parameters to clinical presentations."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998 Vol.31 Issue 2 (Supplement A) p1209-1213

Sharma, S. and McKenna, W.J.

"Mini-Symposium: Sudden Death in Sport. Prevention of sudden death in young athletes."

Sports Exercise and Injury 1996 Vol.2, p72-77

Sharma, S., Maron, B.J., Whyte, G., Firoozi, S., Elliott, P.M. and McKenna, W.J.

"Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes: relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002 (October) Vol.40 Issue 8, p1431-1436  [Abstract]

Sharma, S., Whyte, G., Elliott, P. and McKenna, W.J.

"Regular endurance training in elite athletes is not associated with abnormal cardiac dimensions."

Circulation 1997 Vol.96 (Supplement), p85

Sharma, S., Whyte, G. and McKenna, W.J.

"Sudden death from cardiovascular disease in young athletes: fact or fiction?"

British Journal of Sports Medicine 1997 (December) Vol.31 No.4, p269-276

Sharma S., Elliott P.M., Whyte, G., Jones, S., Mahon, N., Whipp, B. and McKenna W.J.

"Utility of cardiopulmonary exercise in the assessment of clinical determinants of functional capacity and elucidation of potential mechanisms of exercise limitation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."

American Journal of Cardiology 2000 (July) Vol.86 No.2, p162-168  [Abstract]

Sharma, S., Elliott, P., Whyte, G., Mahon, N., Virdee, M., Mist, B., McKenna, W.J.

"Utility of metabolic exercise testing in distinguishing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes."

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2000 (September) Vol.36 Issue 3, p.864-870  [Abstract]

Shave, R.E., Whyte, G.P., George, K. Gaze, D.C. and Collinson, P.O.

"Prolonged exercise should be considered alongside typical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction when evaluating increases in cardiac troponin T."

Heart 2005 Vol.91, p1219-1220

Whyte, G., Sharma, S., George, K. and McKenna, W.J.

"Alterations in cardiac morphology and function in elite multi-disciplinary trained athletes."

International Journal of Sports Medicine 1999 (May) Volume 20 Issue 4, p222-226  [Abstract]

Whyte, G., Nevill, A., George, K., Shave, R., Sharma, S., and McKenna, W.J.

"A meta-analytical examination of the differential cardiac re-modelling and upper normal limits in the athletes heart."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2001 Vol.33, pS20

Whyte, G.P., Harries, M., Dickinson, J. and Polkey, M.I.

"Breathless in the bath."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2006 Vol.40, p554-555  [Abstract]

Whyte, G., George, K., Sharma, S., Lumley, S., Gates, P., Prasad, K. and McKenna, W.J.

"Cardiac fatigue following prolonged endurance exercise of differing distances."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000 (June) Vol.32 Issue 6, p1067-1072  [Abstract]

Whyte, G., Sharma, S. and McKenna, W.J.

"Differentiation of Physiological and Pathological Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Using Exercise Gas Exchange Kinetics."

Journal of Sports Sciences 1999 Vol.17 Issue 1, p49-50

Whyte, G., George, K., Redding, E., Wilson, M., Lane, A. and Firoozi, S.

"Electrocardiography and Echocardiography Findings in Contemporary Dancers."

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science 2004 Vol.7 Issue 3

Whyte, G., Sharma, S., George, K. and McKenna, W.J.

"Exercise gas exchange responses in the differentiation of pathologic and physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1999 (September) Vol.31 Issue 9, p1237-1241  [Abstract]

Whyte, G., Stephens, N., Budgett, R., Sharma, S., Shave, R.E. and McKenna, W.J.

"Exercise induced neurally mediated syncope in an elite rower: a treatment dilemma."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2004 Vol.38, p84-85  [Full Text]

Whyte, G., George, K., Shave, R., Dawson, E., Stephenson, C., Edwards, B., Gaze, D., Oxborough, D., Forster, J. and Simpson, R.

"Impact of marathon running on cardiac structure and function in recreational runners."

Clinical Science 2005 Vol.108, p73-80  [Full Text]

Whyte, G., Sharma, S., McKenna, W.J. and Davies, B.

"Left ventricular morphology and function in elite junior athletes."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 1998 Vol.30 Issue 5, pS309.

Whyte, G., George, K., Sharma, S., Martin, L., Draper, N. and McKenna, W.J.

"Left ventricular structure and function in elite judo players."

Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology 2000 Vol.2 Issue 4, p.204-208

Whyte, G., George, K., Sharma, S., Martin, L. and McKenna, W.J.

"Left ventricular morphology and function in elite judo players."

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2000 Vol.32 Issue 5

Whyte, G., George, K., Nevill, A., Shave, R., Sharma, S. and McKenna, W.J.

"Left ventricular morphology and function in female athletes: a meta-analysis."

International Journal of Sports Medicine 2004 Vol.25, p380-383  [Abstract]

Whyte, G., Stephens, N., Sharma, S., Shave, R.E., Budgett, R. and McKenna, W.J.

"Spontaneous atrial fibrillation in a freestyle skier."

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2004 Vol.38, p230-232  [Abstract]  [Full Text]

Whyte, G.P., George, K., Sharma, S., Firoozi, S., Stephens, N., Senior, R. and McKenna, W.J.

"The upper limit of physiological cardiac hypertrophy in elite male and female athletes: the British experience."

European Journal of Applied Physiology 2004 Vol.92, p592-597  [Abstract]