ArticleJournal of cardiovascular ultrasound2014
Endurance and Strength Athlete's Heart: Analysis of Myocardial Deformation by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography.
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Advanced Myocardial Deformation Echocardiography for the Athlete's Heart Evaluation: Functional and Mechanistic Analysis
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Left Ventricular Speckle Tracking-Derived Cardiac Strain and Cardiac Twist Mechanics in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Left Ventricular Mechanics and Myocardial Work in Competitive Sprinters.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency Does Not Impair Diastolic Function in Elite Athletes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- The athletes heart-from acute stimulus to chronic adaptation.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Myocardial Work Index in Professional Football Players: A Novel Method for Assessment of Cardiac Adaptation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Acute Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Responses to Incremental Cycling Exercise in Endurance- and Strength-Trained Athletes.Biology · 2022Article
- Athlete's Heart in Elite Biathlon, Nordic Cross-Country and Ski-Mountaineering Athletes: Cardiac Adaptions Determined Using Echocardiographic Data.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2021Article
- Increased myocardial mass and attenuation of myocardial strain in professional male soccer players and competitive male triathletes.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2020Article
- Speckle tracking evaluation in endurance athletes: the "optimal" myocardial work.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2020Article
- Effects of Modest Hypoxia and Exercise on Cardiac Function, Sleep-Activity, Negative Geotaxis Behavior of Aged FemaleFrontiers in physiology · 2019Article
- Association of ACE gene polymorphism with cardiovascular determinants of trained and untrained Iranian men.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2019Article
- Myocardial deformation and volume of exercise: a new overlap between pathology and athlete's heart?The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2018Article
- Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for the Assessment of the Athlete's Heart: Is It Ready for Daily Practice?Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
- Left ventricles of aging athletes: better untwisters but not more relaxed during exercise.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2017Article
- Left ventricular twist mechanics during incremental cycling and knee extension exercise in healthy men.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Article
- The role of new echocardiographic techniques in athlete's heart.F1000Research · 2015Review
- Myocardial Work Efficiency in Physiologic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy of Power Athletes.Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIntensive training induces two morphological myocardial typologies of athlete's heart. Endurance training (ET) induces eccentric remodeling, bradycardia and better diastolic filling. Strength training (ST) determines concentric chamber remodelling maintaining a normal heart rate (HR). Aim of the study was to compare ET and ST athletes' heart using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).
methods33 professional ET, 36 ST athletes, and 17 healthy controls (CT) were enrolled. All subjects underwent standard transthoracic echocardiography at rest and STE.
resultsIn ET group, HR was lower than ST group and CT group (p < 0.001; p < 0.01). ET group had higher E/A ratio than ST group and CT group (p < 0.01; p < 0.001). The left ventricular apical circumferential strain in ET group was lower than ST group and CT group (-21.6 ± 4.1% vs. -26.8 ± 7.7%, p < 0.05; vs. -27.8 ± 5.6%, p < 0.01). ET group had lower left ventricular twist (LVT) and untwisting (UTW) than ST group (6.2 ± 0.1° vs. 12.0 ± 0.1°, p < 0.01; -67.3 ± 22.9°/s vs. -122.5 ± 52.8°/s, p < 0.01) and CT group (10.0 ± 0.1°, p < 0.01; -103.3 ± 29.3°/s, p < 0.01). The univariate analysis showed significant correlation between E/A ratio and HR (r = -0.54; p < 0.001), LVT (r = -0.45; p < 0.01), UTW (r = 0.24; p < 0.05). At the multivariate analysis only HR was confirmed as independent predictor of diastolic function in all groups (Beta -0.52; p < 0.001).
conclusionIn ET there was a better global systolic and diastolic functional reserve at rest observed with strain analysis and it maybe depended on autonomic modulation.
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