Clinical Articles

cardio screening of the electrocardiogram of young athletes
Clinical Articles / May 2016 BY: Barbara N. Morrison, BHK, Hamed Nazzari, MD, PhD,, Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA,, Jack Taunton, MD, Saul Isserow, MBBCh, Brett Heilbron, MB ChB,, Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD

Routine physical activity is associated with improved health and well-being and a reduction in adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality, while physical inactivity is known to be a risk... Read More

Clinical Articles / April 2016 BY: James McKinney, MD, MSc,, Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA,, Barbara N. Morrison, BHK, Hamed Nazzari, MD, PhD,, Saul Isserow, MBBCh, Brett Heilbron, MB ChB,, Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FRCPC, FCCS

Ancient philosophers and physicians such as Plato and Hippocrates believed in the relationship between physical activity and health, and the lack of physical activity and disease. However, by the mid... Read More

Clinical Articles / April 2016 BY: Daniel J. Lithwick, MHA,, Christopher B. Fordyce, MD,, Barbara N. Morrison, BHK, Hamed Nazzari, MD, PhD,, Gena Krikler,, Saul Isserow, MBBCh, Brett Heilbron, MB ChB, Jack Taunton, MD

The sudden cardiac death (SCD) of a young athlete is typically the result of structural and arrhythmic disorders that go undiagnosed, as the conditioned athlete typically doesn’t exhibit symptoms.[1... Read More