About this event

  • Date and time Mon 8 Jul 2024 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Cardiology

Register for our virtual General Day 9 for an overview of information relating to sports cardiology and sudden cardiac death and the relationship between them, the link between sport and exercise, and how it can be used within the treatment.

Lean about the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to address systemic conditions which are also known risk factors for cardiovascular disease, its risks and its stratification for athletes. 

By attending this webinar, you will learn about:

  • Sudden death prevention and the athletic heart 
  • The relationship between cardiomyopathy and exercise 

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This webinar is available for on-demand viewing. The webinar recording will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar broadcast via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place. 

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This activity has been supported by Boston Scientific and Medtronic in the form of an educational grant.

Please note that the companies listed above have had no input into the arrangement or educational content of this activity.

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Dr Teresa Castiello, President of the Cardiology Section

Epidemiology and aetiology of sudden death in athletes

Dr Gherardo Finocchiaro, Consultant Cardiologist, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Differential diagnosis between “athlete’s heart” and cardiomyopathies

Dr Gherardo Finocchiaro

The importance of an expert cardiac pathologist assessment

Professor Mary Sheppard, Head of the Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, St George's University of London

Exercise in athletes with cardiomyopathies: End of the road?

Professor Michael Papadakis, Senior Lecturer in Cardiology, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Assessment of veteran athletes: What every cardiologist should know

Professor Michael Papadakis

Questions and answers
Close of meeting

Location

Online

Disclaimers:

Registration for this event will close on 8 July 2024 at 1:00pm (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time  

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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