Your athlete-patient has a high coronary artery calcification score-'Heart of Stone'. What should you advise? Is exercise safe?
Br J Sports Med
.
2021 Sep;55(18):1001-1002.
doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2019-100769.
Epub 2020 Mar 5.
Authors
Katharina Lechner
1
,
Bianca Spanier
2
,
Benjamin Lechner
3
,
Johannes Scherr
2
4
Affiliations
1
Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany contact@katharinalechner.net.
2
Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
3
Department of Internal Medicine IV, Ludwig Maximillians University Munich, Munich, Germany.
4
University Center for Preventive and Sports Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
PMID:
32139369
DOI:
10.1136/bjsports-2019-100769
No abstract available
Keywords:
cardiovascular; health promotion; heart disease; physical fitness; sports medicine.
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Athletes
Coronary Artery Disease*
Exercise
Heart
Humans