Webinar Recording: Guidance for ‘Safe Exercise’ in the COVID-era & How to prepare for a return to sport https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQdydy-B-k Agenda Introductions – Dr Steven CoxExercise in the COVID-19 era; Facts and fiction – Professor Sanjay SharmaGoing back to exercise; A roadmap to re-training – Professor Mathew WilsonCardiac evaluation prior to returning to sport; One size fits
Basu J Malhotra A Papadakis M Exercise and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Two incompatible entities? Clinical Cardiology, February 2020 {Paper} A greater understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underpinning hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has translated to improved medical care and better survival of affected individuals. Historically these patients were considered to be at high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)
Gati S, Malhotra A, Sharma S Exercise recommendations in patients with valvular disease BMJ Heart, January 2019 {Abstract} Valvular heart disease affects approximately 3% of young individuals, many of whom aspire to partake in competitive sport or high intensity recreational exercise. Although reports on the natural history of valvular heart disease in athletes are sparse, there
Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in Young Athletes with T-Wave Inversion Sheikh N et al., Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in Young Athletes With T-Wave Inversion. Circulation 2018;May 15 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034208 Regular intensive exercise is associated with a number of changes in the heart which include enlargement of the chambers, thickening (hypertrophy) of the muscle, and slowing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtD0ScSRwlo Michael Papadakis, Efstathios Papatheodorou, Greg Mellor, Hariharan Raju, Rachel Bastiaenen, Yanushi Wijeyeratne, Sara Wasim, Bode Ensam, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Belinda Gray, Aneil Malhotra, Andrew D’Silva, Nina Edwards, Della Cole, Virginia Attard, Velislav N. Batchvarov, Maria Tome-Esteban, Tessa Homfray, Mary N. Sheppard, Sanjay Sharma and Elijah R. Behr The Diagnostic Yield of Brugada Syndrome After Sudden Death
Dhutia H, Malhotra A, Finocchiaro G, Merghani A, Papadakis M, Naci H, Tome M, Sharma S. Impact of the international recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation on cardiovascular screening in young athletes JACC, {Published letter}
Background—Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular disease in young athletes with electrocardiography is endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology and several major sporting organizations. One of the concerns of the ECG as a screening test in young athletes relates to the potential for variation in interpretation. We investigated the degree of variation in ECG interpretation in athletes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0etDe2Ob-Q&list=PLVOi7lcfeLKICwMk6Q-wR_GFdJ0opWPSA Conference videos 2017 Dr Sabiha Gati The athlete’s ECG Dr Nabeel Sheikh ECG indices of cardiomyopathy Professor Sanjay Sharma International recommendations for ECG interpretation in young athletes Dr Aneil Malhotra Screening elite
https://issuu.com/cardiacriskintheyoung/docs/research_newsletter_2016 Cardiac Risk in the Young’s research highlights from 2016.
Hariharan Raju, Michael Papadakis, Greg Mellor, Sanjay Sharma, Mary N. Sheppard, Elijah R. Behr Utility of Post-Mortem Genetic Testing in Cases of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome JACC, May 2017 {Abstract}