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.
Care at Sports & Performance Cardiology
What people come here for, the kinds of care Sports & Performance Cardiology offers, and its specific tests and services.
What people come here for
Kinds of care
Tests and services
- Cardiac stress test
- Measures how your heart performs under exertion.
- Echocardiogram
- Ultrasound imaging of heart structure and function.
- Electrocardiogram
- Records the heart's electrical rhythm.
- Holter monitoring
- Records the heart's rhythm continuously over a day or more.
- 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.
- Lung function test
- Measures how much and how fast you can move air.
- Metabolic rate testing
- Measures calories your body actually burns at rest.
- VO₂ max testing
- Measures cardiorespiratory fitness, the strongest exercise predictor of longevity.
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Practical information
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