WELCOME TO THE

EAPC Sports Cardiology Course 2024

Your Course Organisers

Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is a national UK charity – preventing young sudden cardiac deaths through awareness, screening and research, and supporting affected families.

As part of one of the world’s most respected academic medical centres, Cleveland Clinic London offers access to a global network of physicians and specialists. We provide patients with high-quality, integrated care, enabled by technology.

Agenda

08:00-08:30 Registration and coffee

08:35-08:45 Introduction to the course
M Papadakis, J Kim

08.45-10.15 Session: Interpreting the athlete’s ECG
Chairs: B Gray (AU), C Colombo (BR)

08:45-08:55 It is all in the depolarisation
D Corrado (IT)

09:00-09:10 When to investigate T-wave inversions
M Wasfy (US)

09:15-09:25 QT interval; How long is too long?
S Castelletti, (IT)

09:30-09:40 Pauses and heart blocks; When is slow too slow?
H Raju (AU)

09:45-10:15 ECG quiz and panel discussion
Presenter: M Papadakis (UK)
Panel: A Malhotra (UK), M Emery (US), E Chung (US)

10.15-11.00 Coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session: Interpreting the athlete’s imaging
Chairs: C Coats (UK), R Jurcut (RO)

11:00-11:10 When does athletic adaptation become HCM?
M Martinez (US)

11:15-11:25 How to evaluate big sluggish hearts
A La Gerche (AU)

11:30-11:40 When to worry about scar on MRI
S Gati (UK)

11:45-11:55 How to interpret CTCA in veteran athletes
S Sharma (UK)

12:00-12:30 Imaging quiz and panel discussion
Presenter: S Marwaha (UK)
Panel: V Maestrini (IT), F D’Ascenzi (IT), M Martinez (US)

12.30-13.30 Lunch break

CPET-Echo for the Assessment of Athletes: Live Demonstration by Canon Medical System

13:30-15:00 Session: Keeping our athletes safe
Chairs: H Jorstad (NL), Silvana Molossi (US)

13:30- 13:40 Impact of the 12-lead ECG in cardiac screening
A Zorzi (IT)

13:45-13:55 Monitoring devices; From wearables to ILRs
A Baggish (CH)

14:00-14:10 Recognition and management of sudden cardiac arrest
J Drezner (US)

14:15-14:25 How to safeguard equity in SCA/SCD prevention?
J Kim (US)

14:30- 15:00 Return to competitive sport with an ICD; What is possible?

Device assessment prior to return and during sport (10min)
R Lampert (US)

Patient story (5 mins)
Mikkel Christensen

Panel discussion: H Jorstad (NL), A Zorzi (IT), R Lampert (US), E Chung (US), patient

15.00-15.45 Coffee break
CPET-Echo for the Assessment of Athletes: Live Demonstration by Canon Medical System

15:45-17:15 Cases in Sports Cardiology
Chairs: M Papadakis, J Kim
Panel: S Sharma (UK), R Lampert (US), A La Gerche (Australia), S Castelletti, (IT), A Baggish (CH), D Corrado (Italy)
Presenters: D Antonakaki (GR), M Casian (RO), M Abela (MT), A Shah (US)

4 cases with MCQs, audience involvement and panel discussion

Veteran athlete with AF and CAD
Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmia
Valvular disease/Aortopathy

17.20-17:50 The ultimate Sports Cardiology Quiz
Presenter: G Finocchiaro (UK)
Panel: M Halle (DE), A Pelliccia (IT), Hanne Rasmussen (DE)

17:50-18.00 Closing remarks
S Sharma (UK), J Kim (US)