The role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in sports medicine
Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is playing an increasingly important role in differentiating between the normal ‘athlete’s heart’, in which there is a physiological adaptation to exercise, and hereditary or congenital cardiac disease, which places the athlete at an increased risk of death during training or competition. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes is rare, […]
Dr Catherine Sedgwick, Dr Sabiha Gati
East and North Hertfordshire, Lister Hospital