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Can the Heart Survive a Sports Injury? A Lecture with Dr. Paul Thompson

1555 Asylum Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117

Increasing physical activity is associated with reduced atherosclerotic cardiovascular events, but recent studies show that vigorous endurance exercise increases markers of cardiomyocyte injury and suggest that lifelong endurance exercise increases myocardial scarring, coronary artery atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation (AF), and aortic dilatation. This presentation will summarize the evidence linking these conditions with physical exertion and an…

Annual Meeting 2023

1555 Asylum Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117

Join the Hartford Medical Society on October 17, 2023 for dinner, drinks and conversation at the Pond House Cafe.

Annual Meeting

1555 Asylum Ave, West Hartford, CT 06117

Join the Hartford Medical Society on September 13, 2022 for dinner, drinks and conversation at the Pond House Cafe.