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 Lechner¹, Bianca Spanier², Benjamin Lechner³, 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