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Mass General team calls for more ‘sports’ in cardiovascular training
Given many competitive athletes and highly active people have an increased risk of cardiovascular events, a Massachusetts General Hospital team offers a core curriculum for sports cardiology and its integration into existing cardiovascular care teams, research, and training requirements and board certification.
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Why Sports Cardiology Needs a Core Curriculum: Q&A with Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD
Mass General’s Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD discuss the motivation behind the recently released curriculum for sports cardiology and its integration into existing cardiovascular care teams.
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Chronic Anabolic Steroid Use May Damage Heart and Arteries
New research out of Mass General indicates chronic anabolic-androgenic steroid use may be damaging to the heart and the coronary arteries.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Sports Cardiology, Pregnancy and Future Cardiovascular Health
In a Cardiology Medical Grand Rounds presentation, Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP, and James Sawalla Guseh, MD, of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, presented on the implications of pregnancy history for preventive cardiovascular care and the emerging discipline of sports cardiology.
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Higher Peak Systolic BP on Exercise Testing May Not Indicate Adverse Vascular Function
Gregory D. Lewis, MD, Matthew Nayor, MD, MPH, and colleagues found in a study of 2,858 Framingham Heart Study participants that elevated peak systolic blood pressure on cardiopulmonary exercise testing can be due to a higher level of fitness and doesn't necessarily indicate higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
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How COVID-19 Affects the Heart, Especially in Athletes
The Cardiovascular Performance Program at Massachusetts General Hospital is designed to care for athletes with cardiovascular disease or risk. Program Director Aaron Baggish, MD, explains how his team is investigating the effects of COVID-19 infection on heart muscles, particularly in athletes.
Cardiovascular Performance Contributors
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Aaron L. Baggish, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program Fellowship
Recent Article
How COVID-19 Affects the Heart, Especially in Athletes
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Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD
Sports Cardiologist
Recent Article
Athletes and COVID-19: Q&A with Sports Cardiologist Meagan Wasfy, MD
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Rory Weiner, MD
Cardiologist, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
One in Ten Home Hospital Patients With Heart Failure Requires Escalation of Care
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and nurses specialize in specific forms of both heart and vascular disease, and work closely together to offer leading treatments and preventive care for cardiovascular conditions.