25. Sports Cardiology
Sports cardiology is a newly discovered field that includes the care of athletes and active people with cardiovascular conditions either known or previously unknown. It have many aspects of heart disease like electrophysiology, structured heart disease and exercise. For example, the general cardiovascular system must have physicians with experience in these areas. The cardiovascular team must add on people with experience in children’s heart, like congenital heart disease and genetics, cardiologists, electro physiologists, heart failure specialists and exercise specialists. Experts should come together to have a thorough evaluation of the athletes' recommendations. The cardiovascular team will help create informed decisions to allow athletes to participate in sport safely and appropriately.
