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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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Long-term Endurance Athletes Are at Increased Risk of Aortic Dilatation
Ascending aortic dilatation is more prevalent among aging endurance athletes than in the general population.
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Weight Gain in College Football Players Is Mechanism of Subclinical Cardiovascular Pathology
A three-year study of U.S. college football players demonstrated the emergence and progression of a constellation of subclinical cardiovascular pathologies, and weight gain seemed to be the unifying mechanistic factor.
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Machine Learning to Identify Risk Stratification Variables After Acute Coronary Syndrome
A model developed using machine learning and data imputation was better than the GRACE score for identifying patients at high risk of death within six months after acute coronary syndrome.
Cardiovascular Performance contributors
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Aaron L. Baggish, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program Fellowship
Recent Article
Long-term Endurance Athletes Are at Increased Risk of Aortic Dilatation
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Meagan Murphy Wasfy, MD
Recent Article
Customized Exercise Testing After Unrevealing Standard Test Improves Diagnostic Yield -
Rory Brett Weiner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Why Sports Cardiology Needs a Core Curriculum: Q&A with Rory Weiner, MD and Meagan Wasfy, MD
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.Resource links
