Professor Antonio Pelliccia

Chief of Cardiology of the Institute of Sports Medicine and Science. Rome. Italy Area of Expertise Assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac remodelling induced by exercise conditioning and deconditioning. Criteria of differential diagnosis of athlete’s heart from structural cardiac disease. Implementation and methods of preparticipation screening for cardiovascular disease at risk of sudden death in athletic populations. Clinical management of athletes with cardiovascular diseases. Academic Appointments Professor of Sport cardiology, at Post-Graduate School in Sports Medicine La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Adjunct Professor at the Tuft University, Cardiology Department, Boston, MA Author of over 200 papers published on peer-reviewed journals (including New England Journal of Medicine, Journal American Medical Association, Circulation, Journal American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology, European Heart Journal)