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Arrhythmias in Athletes

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CONSULTING EDITORS

RANJAN K. THAKUR, MD, MPH, MBA, FHRS

Professor of Medicine and Director, Arrhythmia

Service, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute,

Sparrow Health System, Michigan State

University, Lansing, Michigan

ANDREA NATALE, MD, FACC, FHRS

Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac

Arrhythmia Institute, St David’s Medical

Center, Austin, Texas; Consulting Professor,

Division of Cardiology, Stanford University,

Palo Alto, California; Adjunct Professor of

Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Case

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;

Director, Interventional Electrophysiology,

Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California; Senior

Clinical Director, EP Services, California Pacific

Medical Center, San Francisco, California

EDITORS

DOMENICO CORRADO, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac,

Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of

Padova, Padova, Italy

CRISTINA BASSO, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Pathology, Division of

Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic

and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova,

Padova, Italy

GAETANO THIENE, MD, FRCP




Padova, Italy

AUTHORS

IRFAN M. ASIF, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Family

Medicine, The University of Tennessee,

Knoxville, Tennessee

YOUSEF H. BADER, MD

Instructor of Medicine, The Cardiac Arrhythmia

Center, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical

Center, Boston, Massachusetts

CRISTINA BASSO, MD, PhD




Padova, Italy

BARBARA BAUCE, MD, PhD




EMANUELE BERTAGLIA, MD




FERNANDO CARDOSO BIANCHINI, MD




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ALESSANDRO BIFFI, MD

Department of Cardiology, Center of Sport

Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy

MATS BORJESSON, MD, PhD, FESC

Professor, Department of Cardiology,

Karolinska University Hospital, Solnavagen;

Swedish School of Sports and Health

Sciences, Lidingovagen, Stockholm, Sweden

CORINNA BRUNCKHORST, MD

Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular

Centre, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich,

Switzerland

JOHN DAVID BURKHARDT, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s

Medical Center, Austin, Texas

ELISA CARTURAN, PhD

Cardiovascular Pathology, Department of

Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences,

University of Padova, Padova, Italy

DOMENICO CORRADO, MD, PhD




ANDERSON DONELLI DA SILVEIRA, MD

Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clınicas

de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio

Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do

Sul, Brazil

LUIGI DI BIASE, MD, PhD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s

Medical Center; Department of Biomedical

Engineering, University of Texas, Austin,

Texas; Section of Electrophysiology, Albert

Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore

Hospital, Bronx, New York; Department

of Cardiology, University of Foggia,

Foggia, Italy

JONATHAN A. DREZNER, MD

Professor, Department of Family Medicine,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

FIRAT DURU, MD



Switzerland

MOHAMED ELMAGHAWRY, MD



Padova, Padova, Italy; Department of

Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan,

Egypt

LAURENT HAEGELI, MD



Switzerland

HEIN HEIDBUCHEL, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,

University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

SABINO ILICETO, MD




JASON JAMES, BSc

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,

St George’s University of London, London,

United Kingdom

ANDRE LA GERCHE, MBBS, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,

University Hospital Leuven, Leuven,

Belgium; Department of Medicine,

St Vincent’s Hospital, University of

Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

LOIRA LEONI, MD, PhD




MARK S. LINK, MD

Professor of Medicine, The Cardiac

Arrhythmia Center, Department of Medicine,

Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

GIUSEPPE MASCIA, MD

Department of Heart and Vessels, University of

Florence, Florence, Italy

AHMED MERGHANI, BMedSci (Hons),

MBBS, MRCP (UK)

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,

St George’s University of London, London,

United Kingdom

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FEDERICO MIGLIORE, MD




ANDREA NATALE, MD, FACC, FHRS

Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac

Arrhythmia Institute, St David’s Medical

Center, Austin, Texas; Consulting Professor,

Division of Cardiology, Stanford University,

Palo Alto, California; Adjunct Professor of

Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Case

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio;

Director, Interventional Electrophysiology,

Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California; Senior

Clinical Director, EP Services, California

Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco,

California

LUIGI PADELETTI, MD



ANTONIO PELLICCIA, MD

Institute of Sports Medicine and Science,

Rome, Italy

KALLIOPI PILICHOU, PhD




GEORGIANE CRESPI PONTA, MD




FILIPPO M. QUATTRINI, MD, PhD

Institute of Sports Medicine and Science,

Rome, Italy

ASHWIN L. RAO, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Family

Medicine, Hall Health Primary Care Center,

University of Washington, Seattle,

Washington

ILARIA RIGATO, MD, PhD




STEFANIA RIZZO, MD




STEFANIA SACCHI, MD



PASQUALE SANTANGELI, MD

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute,

St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas;

Department of Cardiology, University of

Foggia, Foggia, Italy

MAURIZIO SCHIAVON, MD

Department of Social Health, Center for

Sports Medicine and Physical Activity,

Padova, Italy

CHRISTIAN SCHMIED, MD

Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

SANJAY SHARMA, MD, FRCP (UK), FESC

Professor, Department of Cardiovascular

Sciences, St George’s University of London,

London, United Kingdom

RICARDO STEIN, ScD, MD

Cardiology Division, Hospital de Clınicas de

Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio

Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do

Sul, Brazil

GAETANO THIENE, MD, FRCP




Padova, Italy

LUC VANHEES, PhD, FESC

Full Professor, Department of Rehabilitation

Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University

Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Research Group

Lifestyle and Health, Faculty of Health Care,

University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The

Netherlands

ALESSANDRO ZORZI, MD




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