Gati, S., Sheikh, N., Ghani, S., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Raju, H., Cox, A., Reed, M., Papadakis M. and Sharma, S.”Should axis deviation or atrial enlargement be categorised as abnormal in young athletes? The athlete’s electrocardiogram: time for re-appraisal of markers of pathology.”European Heart Journal 20th September 2013 [Abstract]
Michael Papadakis
Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension
Zaidi, A., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Gati, S., Bastiaenen, R., Madden, B., Papadakis, M., Raju, H., Reed, M., Sharma, R., Behr, E.R., and Sharma, S.”Clinical significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in athletes: comparison with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension.”European Heart Journal 17th September 2013 [Abstract]
A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young
Oxborough, D., Zaidi, A., Gati, S., Papadakis, M., Sheikh, N. and Sharma, S. “A Guideline for the Practice of Echocardiography in the Cardiovascular Screening of Sports Participants: A Joint Policy Statement of the British Society of Echocardiography and Cardiac Risk in the Young”.British Society of Echocardiography May 2013
Physiological Right Ventricular Adaptation in Elite Athletes of African and Afro-Caribbean Origin
Zaidi, A., Ghani, S., Sharma, R., Oxborough, D., Panoulas, V.F., Sheikh, N., Gati, S., Papadakis, M. and Sharma, S. “Physiological Right Ventricular Adaptation in Elite Athletes of African and Afro-Caribbean Origin.” Circulation 30th April 2013 Vol.127, Issue 17, p1783-1792 [Full Text]
Increased left ventricular trabeculation in individuals with sickle cell anaemia: Physiology or pathology?
Gati, S., Papadakis, M., Van Niekerk, N., Reed, M., Yeghen, T. and Sharma, S. “Increased left ventricular trabeculation in individuals with sickle cell anaemia: Physiology or pathology?” International Journal of Cardiology April 2013 [Abstract]
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: Practical Challenges and Diagnostic Dilemmas
Chandra, N., Bastiaenen, R., Papadakis, M. and Sharma, S. “Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: Practical Challenges and Diagnostic Dilemmas.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology March 2013 Vol.61, Issue 10, p1027-1040 [Full Text]
Statistics
Every week in the UK, 12 apparently fit and healthy young aged 35 and under die from undiagnosed cardiac conditions. Papadakis, M., Sharma, S., Cox, S., Sheppard, M.N., Panoulas, V.F. and Behr, E.R. “The magnitude of sudden cardiac death in the young: a death certificate-based review in England and Wales.” Europace 2009 Vol.11, No.10, p1353-1358 [Abstract] A national programme
Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?
Gati, S., Chandra, N., Bennett, R.L., Reed, M., Kervio, G., Panoulas, V.F., Ghani, S., Sheikh, N., Zaidi, A., Wilson, M., Papadakis, M., Carre, F. and Sharma, S. “Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?” Heart February 2013 [Abstract]
Cardiac adaptation to exercise in adolescent athletes of African ethnicity: an emergent elite athletic population
Sheikh, N., Papadakis, M., Carre, F., Kervio, G., Panoulas, V.F., Ghani, S., Zaidi, A., Gati, S., Rawlins, J., Wilson, M., and Sharma, S. “Cardiac adaptation to exercise in adolescent athletes of African ethnicity: an emergent elite athletic population.” British Journal of Sports Medicine January 2013 [Abstract]
Characterization of early repolarization during ajmaline provocation and exercise tolerance testing
Bastiaenen, R., Raju, H., Sharma, S., Papadakis, M., Chandra, N., Muggenthaler, M., Govindan, M., Batchvarov, V.N. and Behr, E.R. “Characterization of early repolarization during ajmaline provocation and exercise tolerance testing.” Heart Rhythm October 2012 [Abstract]
