SPORTS AND CARDIOMYOPATHY.
Myths, Reality and its importance
Webinar - Thursday 30 January gold 18.30
Can a patient with cardiomyopathy play sports? What are the real benefits of physical activity? How to manage exercise safely?
Prof. Flavio D'Ascenzi, sports physician at the University of Siena, will address these topics of great interest in dialogue with Dr. Niccolò Maurizi, offering an updated scientific perspective and debunking false myths.
The webinar will explore:
- The Proven Benefits of Physical Activity
- Possibilities and limits in sports practice for those with cardiomyopathy
- Risk Management and the Role of the Sports Cardiologist
- The use of wearable devices for monitoring
- Guidelines for a personalized exercise
The event will include a Q&A session, where attendees will be able to interact directly with the experts.
Registration
Registration is mandatory and free and can be done online. The platform used for the meeting is Zoom. Registration will be open until the webinar start date.
Registration link: Sign up here
With the unconditional contribution of:
Prof. Flavio D'Ascenzi
He is Associate Professor of Sports Cardiology at the University of Siena. He graduated in Medicine in 2008 at the University of Siena, where he completed his specialization in Cardiology in 2014. He obtained his Doctorate in Medicine at the University of Umea, Sweden. He is Director of the School of Specialization in Sports Medicine and Physical Exercise and Director of the UO of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.
He is currently the Secretary General of the European Society of Preventive Cardiology and Secretary of the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology. He was President of the European Nucleus of Sports Cardiology and Exercise. He is the author and co-author of over 200 articles on cardiology and sports cardiology and is co-author of guidelines and recommendations on the management of athletes with cardiovascular disorders.
His research activity is primarily aimed at the study of cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias in the population of professional athletes and sports subjects, in the context of primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. The prescription of physical exercise in patients affected by cardiac pathology represents another cornerstone of the research activity as well as pediatric sports cardiology, aimed at identifying the physiological electrical and structural remodeling of the heart of athletes.
Dr. Niccolò Maurizi
Author of the new column of AICARM News Scienza & Medicina, he is currently responsible for the Cardiomyopathy clinic at the CHUV in Lausanne. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the University of Florence. In 2015 he co-founded D-Heart, a startup that has created a device capable of autonomously recording the ECG from the patient and transmitting it with their smartphone. He is the author and co-author of almost 100 scientific articles focused on topics related to HCM (management of sudden cardiac arrest, pregnancy in HCM, smart devices in clinical practice, etc.).
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