Publications by authors named "R Mango"
CMR native T1 and T2 mapping in Olympic athletes: the influence of sports discipline and sex.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
December 2024
Aims: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has a growing role in evaluating athletes' hearts. Mapping techniques provide added value for tissue characterization, but data on athletes and sports disciplines are lacking. To describe native mapping values in a cohort of Olympic athletes and evaluate the influence of sports discipline and sex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provides information on morpho-functional abnormalities and myocardial tissue characterisation. Appropriate indications for CMR in athletes are uncertain.
Objective: To analyse the CMR performed at our Institute to evaluate variables associated with pathologic findings in a large cohort of athletes presenting with different clinical conditions.
Background: The Tokyo Olympic games were the only games postponed for a year in peacetime, which will be remembered as the COVID-19 Olympics. No data are currently available on the effect on athlete's performance.
Aim: To examine the Italian Olympic athletes who have undergone the return to play (RTP) protocol after COVID-19 and their Olympic results.
Background: Electrocardiographic (ECG) findings in arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy (ALVC) are limited to small case series.
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the ECG characteristics of ALVC patients and to correlate ECG with cardiac magnetic resonance and genotype data.
Methods: We reviewed data of 54 consecutive ALVC patients (32 men, age 39 ± 15 years) and compared them with 84 healthy controls with normal cardiac magnetic resonance.
Sport activity in patients with cardiomyopathies: a review.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
May 2023
Article Synopsis
- Exercise is highly beneficial for cardiovascular health and can reduce mortality, but it poses risks for patients with cardiomyopathies, potentially leading to sudden cardiac arrest during intense activity.
- The 2020 European guidelines provide some recommendations for sports participation among cardiac patients, but evidence on risks varies, creating uncertainties in specific cases.
- Physicians face challenges in navigating these risks while addressing patients' desires to continue competitive sports or recreational activities after a cardiomyopathy diagnosis, prompting the need for tailored exercise programs based on available evidence.