Expert Opinions September 13, 2017

Could you describe the possibly deleterious impact of excessive amount of exercise on the heart and the cardiovascular system?

Carl J. Lavie, MD, FACC, FACP, FCCP, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology; Director, Exercise Testing Laboratory; and Staff Cardiologist, Echocardiographic Laboratory at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States