Sports Cardiology - Cardiovascular adaptations to exercise

Sports Cardiology - Cardiovascular adaptations to exercise

Author: South African Sports Medicine Association December 13, 2023 Duration: 1:03:14

In this epidode, Dr Jan Peter Smedema chats to Associate Professor Thijs Eijsvogel about the cardiovascular adaptations to exercise and differences between sporting disciplines, races, and sexes; the relevance of cardiac troponins in athletes; and the need to target sedentary behaviour as well as optimal step counts for all cause mortality.

Dr Jan Peter Smedema is a general and interventional cardiologist, PhD graduate, and founder of the Sports Cardiovascular Research Program, practicing at Netcare Blouberg in Cape Town. Associate Professor Thijs Eijsvogels trained in exercise physiology at Radboud University (PhD degree, NL), Hartford Hospital (postdoc, USA), and Liverpool John Moores University (postdoc, UK) and he is currently appointed as associate professor at the department of Physiology of the Radboud university medical center. His primary interest lies in the physiological and cardiac responses of the human body to acute and chronic (endurance) exercise performance.

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