The ESC Textbook of Sports Cardiology

• Section 1: Physiology of Cardiovascular response to exercise and cardiac remodelling 1.1 - Cardiovascular induced by exercise 1.1.1: Sanjay Sharma and Andrew D'Silva: Physiology of exercise 1.2 - Long term adaptation to exercise: athlete's heart and vascular adaptations 1.2.1: Stefano Caselli and Antonio Pelliccia: Structural and functional adaptations in the athlete's heart 1.2.2: Nabeel Sheikh: Impact of sporting discipline, gender, ethnicity and genetics on the athlete's heart 1.2.3: Graham Stuart and Guido E Pieles: The athlete's heart in children and adolescents 1.2.4: Stephan Gielen, M. Harold Laughlin, and Dirk J. Duncker: The vascular remodelling Section 2: Clinical evaluation of the athlete's heart 2.1 - History and physical examination 2.1.1: Maurizio Schiavon, Domenico Corrado, and Alessandro Zorzi: History and physical examination 2.2 - The electrocardiogram in the athlete 2.2.1: Alessandro Zorzi and Domenico Corrado: The electrocardiogram in the athlete 2.2.2: Ricardo Stein and Victor Froelicher: Common ECG patterns of the athlete's heart 2.2.3: Michael Papadakis and Harshil Dhutia: Overlap ECG patterns in athlete's heart and cardiomyopathies Section 3: Additional testing in the evaluation of the athlete's heart 3.1 - Exercise testing 3.1.1: Paolo Emilio Adami and Marco Guazzi: Protocols of exercise testing in athletes and cardiopulmonary testing: assessment of the fitness 3.1.2: Francois Carre and Frederic Schnell: Evaluation of ischemia, blood pressure, QT interval and arrhythmias 3.2 - Arrythmias registration 3.2.1: Mahdi Sareban and Josef Niebauer: Ambulatory (24-h Holter monitoring, event recorders) and signal-averaged ECG for arrhythmia registration in the athlete's heart 3.2.2: Matthias Antz: Class-1 anti arrythmic drug provocation test 3.2.3: Matthias Antz: Electrophysiological study 3.3 - Imaging of the athlete's heart: anatomical and functional 3.3.1: Stefano Caselli and Flavio D'Ascenzi: Echocardiogram: morphologic and functional evaluation including new echocardiographic techniques 3.3.2: Guido Claessen and Andre La Gerche: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 3.3.3: Stephan Möhlenkamp: Coronary computed tomography 3.3.4: Stephan Möhlenkamp: Nuclear imaging 3.3.5: Stephan Möhlenkamp: Coronary angiography 3.4 - Genotyping 3.4.1: Silvia Priori: Indications for genetic testing in athletes and its application in daily practice Section 4: Cardiac diseases of interest in sports cardiology 4.1 - Myocardial and coronary diseases 4.1.1: Sanjay Sharma and Aneil Malhotra: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Athletes 4.1.2: Gaetano Thiene, Kalliopi Pilichou, and Cristina Basso: Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death in Young Athletes: Causes, Pathophysiology and Clinical features 4.1.3: Martin Halle: Myocarditis in athletes 4.1.4: Andrew D'Silva and Sanjay Sharma: Differentiating Athlete's Heart from Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy 4.1.5: Cristina Basso, Carla Frescura, and Gaetano Thiene: Congenital coronary artery anomalies 4.2 - Valvular and aortic disease 4.2.1: Christian Schmied and Sanjay Sharma: Mitral Valve Prolapse in Relation to Sport 4.2.2: Natesa Pandian and Benjamin S. Wessler: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease and Competitive Sports: Key Considerations and Challenges 4.2.3: Guido E Pieles and A Graham Stuart: The Athlete with Congenital Heart Disease Section 5: Rhythm disorders of interest in sports cardiology 5.1: Arthur Wilde and Nicole M Panhuyzen-Goedkoop: Channelopathy in Athletes 5.2: Lluis Mont and Eduard Guasch: Ventricular Tachyarrythmias 5.3: Mattias Wilhelm: Supraventricular tachyarrythmias 5.4: Pietro Delise: Preexcitation and Conduction Abnormalities Section 6: Sudden Cardiac Death in athletes 6.1: Jonathan Drezner and Kimberly Harmon: Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes 6.2: Cristina Basso and Gaetano Thiene: Cardiovascular causes of sudden death in athletes 6.3: Paul Thompson: The Risk, Etiology, Clinical Features, Management & Prevention of Exercise-related Sudden Cardiac Death and Acute Cardiac Events in Adult Athletes 6.4 - Less frequent causes of sudden cardiac death 6.4.1: Erik Solberg and Paolo Adami: Less frequent causes of SCD (commotio cordis, aortic rupture). Non-cardiac causes (drug abuse, hyperpyrexia, rhabdomyolysis, sickle cell anemia, asthma, extreme environmental conditions (heat, cold, altitude) PART ONE 6.4.2: Erik Solberg and Paolo Adami: Less frequent causes of SCD (commotio cordis, aortic rupture). Non-cardiac causes (drug abuse, hyperpyrexia, rhabdomyolysis, sickle cell anemia, asthma, extreme environmental conditions (heat, cold, altitude) PART TWO 6.5: Domenico Corrado and Alessandro Zorzi: Preparticipation screening of young competitive athletes 6.6: Luc Vanhees and Mats Borjesson: Cardiovascular screening in adult/senior competitive athletes 6.7: Werner Budts, Massimo Chessa, and Javier Fernandex Sarabia: Cardiovascular screening of children and adolescent athletes Section 7: Sports eligibility in athletes with cardiac abnormalities 7.1: Antonio Pelliccia, Hein Heidbuchel, Domenico Corrado, Sanjay Sharma, and Mats Borjesson: Criteria and considerations relative to safe sport participation in athletes with cardiac abnormalities Section 8: Excercise Prescription for cardiovascular health 8.1: Massimo Piepoli, Mats Börjesson, and Mikael Dellborg: Criteria and considerations relative to safe sport participation in athletes with cardiac abnormalities 8.2: Stephan Müller, Flavia Baldassarri, Julia Schönfeld, and Martin Halle: Monitoring exercise programs and improving CV performance Section 9: Cardiac safety at sports facilities 9.1: Mark Link and Mark Estes III: Resuscitation on the field: basic and advanced life support and automatic external defibrillators (AED) 9.2: Mats Börjesson, Luis Serratosa, and Efraim Kramer: Cardiac safety at sports events: the medical action plan 9.3: Erik Solberg, Jakob Johansson, and Alessandro Biffi: Cardiac safety at fitness centres Section 10: Cardiovascular effects of substance of abuse/doping 10.1: Josef Niebauer and Carl-Johan Sundberg: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) list of prohibited substances and methods and their cardiovascular effects 10.2: Ronald Maughan and SM Shirreffs: Nutrition and ergogenic aids prescription for competitive athletes Section 11: Hypertension in athletes 11.1: Stefano Caselli and Josef Niebauer: Diagnosis and management of hypertension in athletes

...this book is as informative as it is thorough. It should serve as a great tool for clinicians on the treatment of these individuals and prevention of disease. It is certainly a must read for cardiology fellows planning on treating athletes in their general practice.