11th EAPC SPORTS CARDIOLOGY COURSE
Tuesday 2nd September
08:15 h - 08:30 h

Introduction to the course

Luis Serratosa
08:30 h - 10:00 h

Updates on cardiac risk assessment in athletes

Chairs: Silvana Mollossi, José Ángel Cabrera

08:30h-08:45h Epidemiology of SCA/SCD in sports

Eloi Marijon

08:45h-09:00h Gaps and uncertainties of ECG interpretation in athletes

Michael Papadakis

09:00h-09:15h Genetic testing in athletes: Why, when and how?

Silvia Castelletti

09:15h-09:30h Emergency Action Plan; The Ariadna project

Ignacio Fernández Lozano

09:30h-10:00h Panel discussion and patient story (surviving a cardiac arrest)

Rubén De la Red. ATHLETE/PATIENT
Panel: Julián P. Villacastín, Chairs & Speakers
10:00 h - 10:30 h

ECG Quiz

Aneil Malhotra
Panel: Amelia Carro, James Sawalla Guseh
10:30 h - 11:00 h

Coffee break

11:00 h - 12:00 h

How to manage uncertainty: Athletic adaptation or disease?

Chairs: Fernando De la Guía, Guido Pieles, André La Gerche

11.00h-11.10h Big hearts; physiological or dilated cardiomyopathy?

André La Gerche

11.10h-12.00h CPET-Echo assessment

Fernando De la Guía
Guido Pieles
12:00 h - 13:30 h

Sports Cardiology guidelines in practice: ESC 2020 vs. ACC/AHA 2025

Chairs: Jonathan Kim, Antonio Pelliccia

12:00h-12:10h Introduction to the 2025 AHA/ACC scientific statement

Jonathan Kim

12:10h-12:20h Shared decision making; What does it actually mean? How to implement it?

Aaron Baggish

12:20h-12:25h Athlete with HCM; Case presentation and audience vote

To be confirmed

12:25h-12:35h Athlete with HCM: The ESC perspective

Sanjay Sharma

12:35h-12:45h Athlete with HCM: the AHA/ACC perspective

Matthew Martinez

12:45h-12:55h Rebuttals, audience vote and discussion

12:55h-13:00h Athlete with ARVC; Case presentation and audience vote

To be confirmed

13:00h-13:10h Athlete with ARVC; The ESC perspective

Domenico Corrado

13:10h-13:20h Athlete with ARVC: the AHA/ACC perspective

Rachel Lampert

13:20h-13:30h Rebuttals, audience vote and discussion

13:30 h - 14:30 h

Lunch break

14:30 h - 15:30 h

How to manage challenging scenarios in Sports Cardiology

Chairs: Domingo Pascual, Elizabeth Dineen

14:30h-14:45h Athlete with ventricular arrhythmias and myocardial scar

Maria Sanz de la Garza

14:45h-15:00h Exercising in extreme environments for athletes with heart disease

To be confirmed

15:00h-15:15h Athlete with coronary artery disease

Guido Claessen

15:15h-15:30h Panel discussion and Q&A

Panel: Chairs & Speakers
15:30 h - 16:00 h

Sports Cardiology Quiz

Sarandeep Marwaha
Panel: Dimitra Antonakaki, Ankit Shah
16:00 h - 16:30 h

Coffee break

16:30 h - 18:00 h

Sports Cardiology catch 22s

Chairs: María Dolores Masiá, David Niederseer

16:00h-16:30h Case 1 – Athlete with prolonged QT

Mark Abela

16:30h-17:00h Case 2 – Athlete with aortopathy

Araceli Boraita
Leonel Díaz

17:00h-17:30h Case 3 – Athlete with atrial fibrillation

Alessandro Zorzi
Panel: Domenico Corrado, Sanjay Sharma, Tomás Datino
18:00 h - 18:15 h

Closing remarks

Luis Serratosa