Sports Medicine

AHA Statement: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

10 Jan, 2019 | 21:21h | UTC

Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association – Circulation (free PDF)

Top Ten Things to Know: Optimal Exercise Programs for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (free)

Commentaries: AHA Scientific Statement: Get PAD Patients Moving to Improve Symptoms and QoL – TCTMD (free) AND Promoting Exercise Therapy in Peripheral Artery Disease: Time to Get Moving – AHA News (free)

 

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Canadian Position Statement on the Cardiovascular Screening of Competitive Athletes

6 Jan, 2019 | 20:24h | UTC

Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Joint Position Statement on the Cardiovascular Screening of Competitive Athletes – Canadian Journal of Cardiology (free)

Related Review: Cardiac Screening of Young Athletes: a Practical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention (free)

Related Position Statement: Recommendations for Participation in Competitive Sports of Athletes with Arterial Hypertension (free)

Related Research: Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports (link to abstract and commentaries)

 

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Position Statement: Recommendations for Participation in Competitive and Leisure Time Sport in Athletes with Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis, and Pericarditis

3 Jan, 2019 | 11:41h | UTC

Recommendations for participation in competitive and leisure time sport in athletes with cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and pericarditis: position statement of the Sport Cardiology Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) – European Heart Journal (free)

 

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