Sports Cardiology: From Diagnosis to Clinical Management, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease focuses on sports cardiology, and specifically on exercise recommendations and eligibility criteria for sports participation in competitive athletes with cardiovascular disease and for exercise training programmes in subjects with known or previously undiagnosed cardiovascular disease. Over the last several decades, increasing numbers of people across the world are being diagnosed with coronary artery heart syndromes, heart failure, valvular heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, congenital heart disease, aortopathies and cardiomyopathies, while others face lethal arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death due to misdiagnosis or underdiagnosis. New diagnostic methods have contributed to the early diagnosis and risk stratification of cardiovascular disease. Regular physical activity, including structured exercise training programmes, is an important component of treatment strategies for stable cardiovascular disease, and is associated with favourable outcomes including improved quality of life and reduced cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. The process from the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease until patients’ participation in exercise training programmes is of paramount importance to achieve optimal outcomes. However, this is a complex procedure, including a multidisciplinary approach and several stages such as screening, diagnosis, risk stratification, shared decision making with physicians and secondary prevention and treatment through exercise protocols, defining the appropriate duration and intensity individualized for each patient.

We are pleased to invite authors to submit original research articles, recommendation articles, and reviews covering all aspects of sports cardiology, from diagnosis to clinical management. In order to evaluate and organize the content of the Special Issue, please let us know the preliminary title of your paper, the type of paper that you plan to submit (research article, review or case report) and any other additional information that would be useful. All manuscripts of original research that fit the scope of this Special Issue are welcome. For reviews, direct co-operation between the authors and the Guest Editors would be useful to avoid thematic overlaps.

Participation in this Special Issue through the submission of a manuscript could be an excellent opportunity for primary researchers to enrich their CV, for doctoral or post-doctoral trainees to gain experience in writing reviews in Sports Cardiology and for institutions to present their original research in a high-quality journal.

Dr. Stavros Dimopoulos
Dr. Christos Kourek
Dr. Eleftherios Karatzanos
Guest Editors

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• sports cardiology
• cardiovascular risk factors
• diabetes mellitus
• arterial hypertension
• obesity
• diagnosis
• chronic coronary syndromes
• coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• heart failure
• valvular heart disease
• pulmonary hypertension
• congenital heart disease
• cardiomyopathies
• ventricular assist devices
• sudden cardiac death
• exercise training
• rehabilitation
• risk stratification

• Sports Cardiology: From Diagnosis to Clinical Management in Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (8 articles)