Activity
Our group has evaluated more than 6,000 competitive and amateur athletes during the last 6 years, from all nacionalities and etnies. Our partnership with the Catalan Council for Sports (Catalan Government) and FC Barcelona has provided the opportunity to quickly be imbedded in the world of high performance sport.
A regular and routine screening is perfomred at the corresponding sportive centers and whenever an abnormality is detected, the subject is transferred to our Cardiobvascular Institute where a second line of tests and specific treatments can be provided.
Lines of care
PRE-PARTICIPATION SCREENING
The assessment of each athlete by a cardiac evaluation including interview, physical exam, 12-lead ECG, echocardiogram and stress test; this comprehensive evaluation rules out most of the diseases that cause sudden death in athletes. Our group has extensive experience in this area.
TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE IN ATHLETES
Our Unit has extensive experience in the treatment of heart diseases in athletes taking into account the special characteristics of this group and always considering the equilibrium between willingness of continuing sport practice and the safety of the athlete:
· Arrhythmias
· Valve Disease
· Congenital heart Disease
· Cardiomyopathy
TEACHING
Course organization
Fellowship
Dissemination activities among sports physician and exercise physicist
RESEARCH
Adaptation of the heart to exercise
Pre-participation screening; utility, teaching and safety
· Potential harm on the heart: Atrial fibrillation pathogenesis; research in animal model (marathon rat) and athletes
· Ventricular fibrosis
The medical team is 100% dedicated to the hospital. Athletes are always evaluated by the same team of doctors, all members of the Group of Sports Cardiology are sub-specialized and have extensive experience in alterations that are associated with high-level athletes.
Equipment
DIGITAL
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
WITH STATE OF THE
ART MODALITIES
3D, strain imaging, Tissue
Doppler Imaging
EXERCISE
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
TREADMILL STRESS
TESTCARDIAC MAGNETIC
RESONANCE
CARDIAC TOMOGRAPHY
Non invasive coronariography
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL
STUDY
Diagnosis & treatment arrhythmyas
AMBULATORY CONTINUOUS
ECG MONITORING
CARDIAC
CORONARIOGRAPHY
CARDIAC SURGERY
AND PERCUTANEOUS
THERAPY OR
Process
ONE STOP CLINIC FOR PRE-PARTICIPATIVE SCREENING - 1 HOUR EVALUATION· Focused clinical interview and physical examination · 12-lead ECG · Echocardiography · Stress test |
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2ND LINE (WHENEVER ABNORMALITIES ARE FOUND IN STEP 1) - 1 WEEK· Cardiac magnetic resonace · Cardiac Tomography · Electrophysological study · Ambulatory continuous ECG monitoring |
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EXPERT OPINION |
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Our results
Sports Cardiology screening
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Screening in+6.000Athletes |
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1 of 40Requires 2º line of investigation |
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1 of 160Requires specific treatment for continuing sport practice |
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1 of 350Had a severe heart disease and was disqualified for sport practice |
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