Cardiology is the branch of medicine that studies the heart, its diseases, and its functions. Regular physical exercise is beneficial for health, especially cardiovascular health. However, there are a number of athletes with undiagnosed heart conditions in whom overexertion can pose a risk of adverse progression of some heart diseases or even cause sudden death.

There is great interest within medical and sports societies in understanding, identifying, and preventing sudden deaths, but is it possible to prevent them? Cardiovascular screening in registered athletes is usually performed before they begin practicing a sport.

At the UCAM High-Performance Sports Research Center, we work on the preventive detection of heart conditions that pose a risk of sudden death due to anatomical abnormalities (ischemic heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic dysplasia, or valvular heart disease) or those of foreseeably electrical origin without structural heart disease (genetic abnormalities in the ion channels responsible for the production and conduction of the electrical impulse in cardiac cells, pre-excitation); and the stratification of risk associated with physical activity.

We have a team of professionals and a cardiology specialist with extensive professional and research experience, as well as the infrastructure and equipment to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the athlete's cardiorespiratory system and to detect and address any potential abnormalities.