EAPC & TUM Diagnostics in Sports Cardiology Course

What you will learn  

Sports Cardiology is an emerging field within cardiology and and this course will help you build confidence in applying its principles in everyday practice. Over 1.5 days you will get practical recommendations on echocardiography in sports cardiology, cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a diagnostic tool for exercise prescription in athletes with heart disease, and lactate testing in sports cardiology.

Who should attend?  

• Medical doctors interested in sports cardiology with moderate to advanced echocardiography skills
• Lactate beginners (no to low experience; medical doctors or scientists)
• CPET beginners (no to low experience; medical doctors or scientists)

Course overview  

ESC Guidelines have outlined the scope and clinical statements on diagnostics, therapy and exercise recommendations have been published. However, the practical aspects in addition to the scientific and clinical background are often lacking in those becoming interested in preventive and sports cardiology.

The 1.5 days seminar will give you practical recommendations on the basis of general cardiology for those starting as well as those already practicing within the field. The course will give an in-depth overview of the specific aspects of echocardiology and exercise testing in sports cardiology. In practical sessions patients will be on-site and diagnostics will be assessed in athletes, and recreational athletes with and without cardiovascular disease.

A small number of attendees of 20-25 with multiple experts in preventive and sports cardiology will assure a hands-on atmosphere with a vivid and in-depth exchange and competent teaching. A certificate will be delivered on completion of the course.

Learning objectives

• Understanding the echocardiographic assessment of cardiac changes in athletes
• Getting to know special diagnostics in sports cardiology (strain analysis, tissue doppler) and relevant sports cardiology issues
• Learning how to differentiate between an athlete’s heart and cardiomyopathies
  Knowing the aims and content of lactate performance diagnostics and to be able to evaluate results using reference values
• Understanding the physiological mechanism of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism
• Knowing different lactate threshold concepts and to understand differences
• Performing lactate performance diagnostics in practice
• Understanding the basics of exercise physiology and the physiology behind CPET
• Learning how to conduct and interpret cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Preventive Sports Medicine and Sports Cardiology, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany

Professor Martin Halle

Course director

Organising Committee

• Isabel Fergers-Wustrow, MD, specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
• Simon Wernhart, MD, PhD, specialized in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Family Medicine, Sports Medicine, Sports Cardiology, Palliative Care
• Cajetan Lang, MD, specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
• Flavio d’Ascenzi, MD, specialized University of Sienna
• Josef Niebauer, MD, PhD, specialized in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Sports Cardiology, Rehabilitation