Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update

Dear Colleagues,

Correct lifestyle criteria (e.g., nutritional recommendations and moderate physical activity) are well documented to have a positive role in many cardiovascular diseases with major or minor risk of complications. Individualized physical activity at moderate intensity can be considered a specific treatment with primary and secondary prevention effects. Among the clinical conditions, some congenital cardiac diseases, which are not suitable for sports eligibility, despite the surgical treatment, and low symptomatic or asymptomatic heart failure, are new emerging disorders often found in a large population following physical activity programs. Furthermore, the solid organs post-transplantation context should be considered for the specific multiple comorbidity associations, a group in whom the physical activity needs to be modulated. Sports medicine is particularly dedicated to this emerging category. The study on the promotion of physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior to prevent chronic diseases has become an emerging trend in the field, as more and more researchers have conducted investigations in this area in recent decades. Despite this being a peculiar section called “the exercise prescription”, few data are available in the literature regarding the kind, amount, and effects of short- and long-term physical activity programs on CVD. More recently, some dedicated echocardiographic software, evaluating the deformation parameters (strain) and the intracardiac dynamic flows (vortex), can contribute to and support evaluating the eventual myocardial remodeling due to the regular practice of physical activity in specific categories. We invite submissions dedicated to examining the effects of physical activity programs on health promotion  in cardiovascular diseases

We look forward to receiving your submissions to this Special Issue.

Dr. Laura Stefani
Guest Editor

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