The future of sport's medicine | Dr. Aaron Baggish | TEDxLa Cote International School

[THX-wcjo]

I had the honor of being treated by Dr. Baggish at MGH in Boston.
I am a triathlete who began to experience paroxysmal AFIB.
After being told by one cardiologist that I was ‘exercising too much’ and that I should l curtail my training, I saw Dr. Baggish. He practices exactly what he preaches. After careful testing (which the first doctor didn’t suggest) - including an echocardiogram, Zio 2-week patch, CPET stress test, and a CT angiogram - we met and had exactly the ‘shared decision making’ he details. My AFIB rhythm was not dangerous, it was sporadic, and we decided I could continue training. If it progressed in the future, medication or ablation was available to me as options.
He is a wonderful doctor, and we miss him in Boston!

[manuelforero]

Manuel "Manni" Forero, M.D. FACC
Dr Aaron Baggish has contributed enormously to the Sports and Exercise Cardiology community and Athletic individuals.
To explore and to discover, to create and innovate are part of our human experience.
The sequenced Human genome at the turn of the century and the very rapid advances in Biotechnology and Bioengineering have set a new stage 
for further exploration not only in Sports but of Life as a whole so that we can " share decision making "

[gryffonouneige]

He is not wrong but it really varies greatly depending on the field as he was able to say.