Pagourelias, Efstathios D Christou, Georgios A Sotiriou, Panagiota G Anifanti, Maria A Koutlianos, Nikolaos A Tsironi, Maria P Christou, Konstantinos A Vassilikos, Vasileios P Deligiannis, Asterios P Kouidi, Evangelia J
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European journal of sport science
Although previous studies suggest that prolonged intense exercise such as marathon running transitorily alters cardiac function, there is little information regarding ultramarathon races. Aim of this study was to investigate the acute impact of ultra-endurance exercise (UEE) on heart, applying advanced strain imaging. Echocardiographic assessment w...
Abela, Mark Bonello, John Sammut, Mark Adrian
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European Heart Journal: Case Reports
Background Athletes presenting with 1st-degree atrioventricular block (AVB) on 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) may present a diagnostic conundrum, especially when significantly prolonged and associated with higher degrees of block. A pragmatic stepwise approach to the evaluation of these patients is, therefore, crucial. Case summary A 19-year-old w...
Nguyen Nguyen, Nhung Assad, Joseph George Femia, Giuseppe Schuster, Andreas Otton, James Nguyen, Tuan Le
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World Journal of Cardiology
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an evolving technology, proving to be a highly accurate tool for quantitative assessment. Most recently, it has been increasingly used in the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of conditions involving an elevation in troponin or troponinemia. Although an elevation in troponin is a nonspecific marker of ...
Toncelli, Loira Pasquini, Lucia Masini, Giulia Orlandi, Melissa Paci, Gabriele Mecacci, Federico Pedrizzetti, Gianni Galanti, Giorgio
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Objectives The aim of this study was to detect possible differences in reversible cardiac remodeling occurring in sport training and twin pregnancy. Background: cardiac remodeling occurs in athletes and pregnant women due to training and fetal requirements, respectively. These changes could be apparently similar. Methods 21 female elite athletes (2...
D'Andrea, Antonello Radmilovic, Juri Russo, Vincenzo Sperlongano, Simona Carbone, Andreina Di Maio, Marco Ilardi, Federica Riegler, Lucia D'Alto, Michele Giallauria, Francesco
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European journal of preventive cardiology
The real effects of the chronic consumption of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) on cardiovascular structures are subjects of intense debate. The aim of the study was to detect by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction at rest and during exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in athlet...
Bódi, Beáta Oláh, Attila Mártha, Lilla Tóth, Attila Radovits, Tamás Merkely, Béla Papp, Zoltán
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Reviews in cardiovascular medicine
Although the knowledge of sports cardiology advanced significantly in the recent years, the molecular mechanisms by which exercise training augments cardiac performance is poorly understood. Here we aimed at determining left ventricular (LV) myocardial sarcomeric protein modifications in a rat model of exercise training and detraining. Young male W...
Goergen, Jack Bavishi, Aakash Eimer, Micah Zielinski, Allison R.
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Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
Purpose of ReviewThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on athletics, and the question of safely resuming competitive sports at all levels has been a source of significant debate. Concerns regarding myocarditis and the risk of arrhythmias and sudden death in athletes have prompted heightened attention to the role of cardiovascular screenin...
Palmisano, Anna Darvizeh, Fatemeh Cundari, Giulia Rovere, Giuseppe Ferrandino, Giovanni Nicoletti, Valeria Cilia, Francesco De Vizio, Silvia Palumbo, Roberto Esposito, Antonio
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La Radiologia Medica
Over the last decades, interest toward athlete’s heart has progressively increased, leading to improve the knowledge on exercise-induced heart modifications. Sport may act as a trigger for life-threatening arrhythmias in patients with structural or electrical abnormalities, hence requiring to improve the diagnostic capability to differentiate physi...
Parry-Williams, Gemma Gati, Sabiha Sharma, Sanjay
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European heart journal
Moderate physical exercise is associated with an irrefutable reduction in cardiac morbidity and mortality. The current guidelines recommend at least 150 min of moderate exercise or 75 min of vigorous exercise per week. Endurance athletes perform exercise at a level that is 10- to 20-fold greater than these recommendations. These athletes reveal sev...
Kübler, J. Burgstahler, C. Brendel, J. M. Gassenmaier, S. Hagen, F. Klingel, K. Olthof, S.-C. Blume, K. Wolfarth, B. Mueller, K. A. L.
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The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
To provide clinically relevant criteria for differentiation between the athlete’s heart and similar appearing hypertrophic (HCM), dilated (DCM), and arrhythmogenic right-ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in MRI. 40 top-level athletes were prospectively examined with cardiac MR (CMR) in two university centres and compared to retrospectively recruite...
