Role of echocardiography in screening and evaluation of athletes

Association of Ascending Aortic Dilatation and Long-term Endurance Exercise Among Older Masters-Level Athletes

(2020) Timothy W. Churchill et al.   JAMA Cardiology

Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Germany

(2020) Philipp Bohm et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: How to differentiate between hypertensive heart disease and athlete’s heart

(2020) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

The use of cardiac imaging in the evaluation of athletes in the clinical practice: A survey by the Sports Cardiology and Exercise Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and University of Siena, in collaboration with the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, the European Heart Rhythm Association and the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

(2020) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Thoracic Aortic Calcification

(2018) Milind Y. Desai et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Outcomes of Cardiac Screening in Adolescent Soccer Players

(2018) Aneil Malhotra et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Subclinical coronary artery disease in veteran athletes: is a new preparticipation methodology required?

(2018) Hélder Dores et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) joint position statement: recommendations for the indication and interpretation of cardiovascular imaging in the evaluation of the athlete’s heart

(2017) Antonio Pelliccia et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

RV Remodeling in Olympic Athletes

(2017) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Cardiovascular adaptation in athletes

(2016) Richard Kovacs et al.   TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC. Endorsed by APHRS, HRS, and SOLAECE

(2016) Lluís Mont et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse and Sudden Cardiac DeathCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

(2015) Cristina Basso et al.   CIRCULATION

Effects of training on LV strain in competitive athletes

(2015) Flavio D'Ascenzi et al.   HEART

Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 2: Preparticipation Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Competitive Athletes

(2015) Barry J. Maron et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The multi-modality cardiac imaging approach to the Athlete's heart: an expert consensus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

(2015) M. Galderisi et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Usefulness of Combined History, Physical Examination, Electrocardiogram, and Limited Echocardiogram in Screening Adolescent Athletes for Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death

(2014) Jeffrey B. Anderson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

(2014)   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography

(2013) Kirk T. Spencer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Systematic echocardiography is not efficacious when screening an ethnically diverse cohort of athletes in West Asia

(2013) Nathan R Riding et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Assessment of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a Trained Athlete: Differential Diagnosis of Physiologic Athlete's Heart From Pathologic Hypertrophy

(2012) Antonio Pelliccia et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

ECG and echocardiographic findings in 10–15-year-old elite athletes

(2012) Sarah Koch et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Structural cardiac disease diagnosed by echocardiography in asymptomatic young male soccer players: implications for pre-participation screening

(2011) Marta Rizzo et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Sports-Related Sudden Death in the General Population

(2011) Eloi Marijon et al.   CIRCULATION

Cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged/senior individuals engaged in leisure-time sport activities: position stand from the sections of exercise physiology and sports cardiology of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

(2011) M. Borjesson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Association of body composition and left ventricular dimensions in elite athletes

(2011) Axel Pressler et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia

(2010) Frank I. Marcus et al.   CIRCULATION

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Aortic Root Dilation in Highly Trained Competitive Athletes

(2010) Antonio Pelliccia et al.   CIRCULATION

Left Ventricular Myocardial Velocities and Deformation Indexes in Top-Level Athletes

(2010) Antonello D'Andrea et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Cardiac findings in the precompetition medical assessment of football players participating in the 2009 African Under-17 Championships in Algeria

(2009) C Schmied et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Sudden Deaths in Young Competitive Athletes

(2009) Barry J. Maron et al.   CIRCULATION

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

(2009) Cristina Basso et al.   LANCET

Differences and similarities between arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and athlete's heart adaptations

(2008) B Bauce et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

The 5-Minute Screening Echocardiogram for Athletes

(2008) Rachael A. Wyman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY