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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Hypertens, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1095
Page 89
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Hypertension 2017 & Nuclear Cardiology 2017
September 11-13, 2017
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Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology & Echocardiography
Echocardiography and advanced imaging techniques for cardiovascular screening in athletes – state of
the art
Rober Skalik
Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland
Professional and amateur athletic training can cause tremendous overload of the cardiovascular system and thus become
a trigger for fatal cardiac events in athletes with previously undetected underlying heart diseases. In recent years there are
more and more press reports on cases of sudden cardiac death in young athletes during sport events. Very intensive
athletic training may induce adaptative changes in the structure and function of heart as observed on echocardiography and
electrocardiography (ECG). However, these physiologic changes referred to as the “athlete’s heart” may coincide with structural
cardiac disease and alsobe a cofactor for dramatic deteriorationof clinical status ina certaingroupof athletes. Subsequently, every
athlete should undergo a sophisticated diagnostic and qualification screening process before a training program is prescribed
or continued. However, it is still unresolved issue which of the diagnostic tools should be routinely applied to increase the
safety of extreme physical training and reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death. Pre-participation athlete evaluation including
resting electrocardiography (ECG), physical examination and familial history of cardiovascular diseases is important, but does
not always guarantee high diagnostic accuracy. Hence, the complex and reliable evaluation of cardiovascular health status in
athletes or athlete candidates should include not only ECG and exercise testing, but also echocardiography and in some cases
more advanced imaging techniques such as cardiac magnetic resonance or cardiac computed tomography.
robert.skalik@umed.wroc.plJ Hypertens 2017, 6:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095-C1-003