Providing a critical update and review of salient topics needed for the proper cardiac evaluation and care of athletes, this text is designed to be the most up-to-date and practical manual for all health care providers who evaluate and treat athletes, including sports cardiologists, general cardiologists, sports medicine specialists, team doctors and athletic trainers.

The book is divided into three key sections. The first section discusses essential topics pertaining to the pre-participation cardiac screening of athletes, providing a framework for how best to perform pre-participation cardiac evaluations and optimize the interpret at ion of cardiac screening test results, and a guide to assist the streamlining of appropriate downstream testing when required. The second section reviews the management and care of athletes with specific, existing cardiovascular disorders, providing the reader with fundamental principles to help recognize and advise levels of sport participation to athletes with these disorders. The final section deals with acute sideline management of the symptomatic athlete and will again provide practical algorithms for cardiologists and non-cardiologists alike who are responsible for athlete health and safety in the sports arenas and training facilities. 

Written and edited by highly regarded experts in the field of sports cardiology, including several cardiologists who are collegiate and professional team physicians and who work with professional sports organizations on developing policies for cardiac screening and monitoring, Sports Cardiology is an excellent practical resource for all clinicians working in the field.

Chapter 1. The Cardiovascular History and Examination

Chapter 2. Using an electrocardiogram as a component of athlete screening
Chapter 3. Downstream Cardiac Testing
Chapter 4. Practical use of genetic testing in athletes
Chapter 5. Management of Hypertension in the Athlete
Chapter 6. Valvular Heart Disease
Chapter 7. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 8. Other Cardiomyopathies
Chapter 9. Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders in the Athlete
Chapter 10. Atrial Fibrillation
Chapter 11. Sports Participation in Patients with Congenital Long QT Syndrome
Chapter 12. Sports Cardiology: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management
Chapter 13. Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Athletes
Chapter 14. Sports Cardiology: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management Coronary artery disease in athletes
Chapter 15. Marfan Syndrome and Other Genetic Aortopathies
Chapter 16. Congenital Heart Disease: Approach to Evaluation, Management, and Physical Activity
Chapter 17. Sleep disorders in Athletes
Chapter 18. Chest Pain and Dyspnea
Chapter 19. The Evaluation of Palpitations and Dizziness in the Athlete
Chapter 20. The Collapsed Athlete
Chapter 21. Cardiac Arrest in the Athlete
Chapter 22. Commotio Cordis
Chapter 23. The Impact of COVID-19 on Sports Cardiology.