Sports Cardiology

Sports Cardiology is a concise guide highlighting, in a digestible and contextual fashion, the core principles and numerous nuances surrounding the care of this unique population. The book covers the most common topics encountered in sports cardiology with didactic discussions surrounding diagnosis and management of these disease entities. Throughout, the authors integrate an understanding and appreciation for exercise physiology as it affects the heart and human body.

Multi-authored by former and current graduates of the Cardiovascular Performance Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the only cardiovascular fellowship of its kind providing advanced training in Sports Cardiology, many of these authors are thought-leaders in the field as well as experts in their respective case topics. Written for orthopaedic researchers, surgeons and students in the field.

• A concise, case-based exposition of the essentials of clinical sports cardiology
• Integrates physiology in the context of clinical cases and relevant disease conditions
• Each chapter contains essential clinical cases and tables