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ReviewClinical cardiology2023

Sports cardiology: A glorious past, a well-defined present, a bright future.

Flavio D'Ascenzi, Gian L Ragazzoni, Alex Boncompagni, Luna Cavigli

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Flavio D'AscenziDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-6836
Gian L RagazzoniDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Alex BoncompagniDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Luna CavigliDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-792X
University of Siena · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The attention towards sports cardiology has dramatically grown after the introduction of preparticipation screening and the need for specific education on electrocardiogram interpretation in athletes, given the differences between athletes and the general population. The present article stresses the need for specific skills, knowledge, and clinical expertise in sports cardiology, which are essential for appropriately screening competitive athletes to prevent sudden cardiac death and avoid overdiagnosis. However, disqualification from sports competitions may lead to sports inactivity, and athletes may enter a gray zone where little or no information is provided about what they can or cannot do to stay active. However, modern sports cardiology cannot neglect the patient's needs and the importance of the safe practice of regular exercise. In this context, the personalized exercise prescription plays a crucial role in the core curriculum and the clinical activity of professionals involved in sports cardiology programs. Given its specificities, sports cardiology requires a formal education plan for medical school students and all residents. Additional education and practice are required for young colleagues who want to focus their professional lives on sports cardiology. The future directions of emerging modern sports cardiology should not neglect the importance of a scientific community that works together, designing multicenter international outcomes-based research to address the many remaining areas of uncertainty.

Indexed as

CardiologyDeath, Sudden, CardiacSports MedicineForecastingHumansSportspersonalized exercise prescriptionpreparticipation screeningsports cardiologysudden cardiac death

Identifiers

PMID37503665
PMCPMC10540010
OpenAlexW4385330225

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