Sports & Performance Cardiology
Sports & Performance Cardiology is a Chevy Chase practice led by sports cardiologist Dr. Ankit Shah, caring for adults from recreational exercisers to Olympic athletes. Its Cardiac Performance Lab runs VO2 max, lactate threshold and resting metabolic rate testing, with training zones from each VO2 test. In-house testing includes echocardiograms, stress testing, spirometry and Holter & event monitoring.
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Ankit B. Shah, MD, MPH, FACC
Published as board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine), Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation.
Published qualificationsPublished as having completed a sports cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, and as Associate Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer, USA Swimming.
Everything Sports & Performance Cardiology lists
8 tests and services across 2 kinds of care
Whole-body baseline and Strength, fitness & body composition.
Fitness, strength & body-composition assessment
Fitness & tracking- VO₂ max testing
- Measures cardiorespiratory fitness, the strongest exercise predictor of longevity.
- Metabolic rate testing
- Measures calories your body actually burns at rest.
- Lactate threshold testing
- Finds the effort level where lactate starts building up faster than the body clears it, which is what a training zone is set from.
Preventive screening & executive assessment
Imaging & screening- Cardiac stress test
- Measures how your heart performs under exertion.
- Electrocardiogram
- Records the heart's electrical rhythm.
- Holter monitoring
- Records the heart's rhythm continuously over a day or more.
- Echocardiogram
- Ultrasound imaging of heart structure and function.
- Lung function test
- Measures how much and how fast you can move air.
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