Sports Cardiology B.C. is a new Vancouver Coastal Health Program operated out of UBC Hospital Vancouver. The Medical Lead is Dr. Saul Isserow, Head of UBC Division of Cardiology, Head of Cardiac Rehab at VGH and Lead Cardiologist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. The primary goal of the program is to make the incredibly beneficial act of participating in exercise safer by reducing risk that may be associated. This will be accomplished through our four pillars of Research, Education, Clinical Assessment and Advocacy.

On November 29th and 30th, Sports Cardiology B.C. will be bringing a team to Victoria to engage in our Research and Education Vehicles. One of our research studies is investigating testing for cardiovascular disease in the young competitive athlete (aged 12-35). These events are rare, yet tragic occurrences. The purpose of the research is to get an understanding of the prevalence of these disorders in our local population (BC) as a study like this has never been conducted in Canada. We will be conducting testing at PISE from 9am-5pm on November 29th and 30th. If you are interested in participating please email Research Coordinator Daniel Lithwick at dlithwick@sportscardiologybc.org.

Here are a few news articles that have been written on the program:

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/ubc-study-aims-to-predict-fatal-black-swan-event-in-young-athletes-1.1661309

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/researchers+study+cardiac+abnormalities+athletes/9069237/story.html

http://www.vchri.ca/feature-stories/articles/2014/08/05/screening-reduces-young-athletes-risk-sudden-cardiac-death

Here is our website - http://www.sportscardiologybc.org/