ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2015
The impact of chronic endurance and resistance training upon the right ventricular phenotype in male athletes.
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- Right ventricular function in athletes engaged in endurance exercise using speckle tracking echocardiography: a meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
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- Right ventricular assessment of the adolescent footballer's heart.Echo research and practice · 2024Article
- The impact of image and performance enhancing drugs on atrial structure and function in resistance trained individuals.Echo research and practice · 2023Article
- Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and differential diagnosis with physiological right ventricular remodelling in athletes using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2022Article
- Right heart exercise-training-adaptation and remodelling in endurance athletes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The influence of training status on right ventricular morphology and segmental strain in elite pre-adolescent soccer players.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- The effects of endurance exercise on the heart: panacea or poison?Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2020Review
- Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for the Assessment of the Athlete's Heart: Is It Ready for Daily Practice?Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
- The Right Heart: Acute and Chronic Issues.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2017Review
- Influence of gender on right ventricle adaptation to endurance exercise: an ultrasound two-dimensional speckle-tracking stress study.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Article
- Cardiac Imaging In Athletes.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journalReview
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Abstract
objectivesThe traditional view of differential left ventricular adaptation to training type has been questioned. Right ventricular (RV) data in athletes are emerging but whether training type mediates this is not clear. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the RV phenotype in endurance- vs. resistance-trained male athletes. Secondary aims included comparison of RV function in all groups using myocardial speckle tracking, and the impact of allometric scaling on RV data interpretation.
methodsA prospective cross-sectional design assessed RV structure and function in 19 endurance-trained (ET), 21 resistance-trained (RT) and 21 sedentary control subjects (CT). Standard 2D tissue Doppler imaging and speckle tracking echocardiography assessed RV structure and function. Indexing of RV structural parameters to body surface area (BSA) was undertaken using allometric scaling.
resultsA higher absolute RV diastolic area was observed in ET (mean ± SD: 27 ± 4 cm(2)) compared to CT (22 ± 4 cm(2); P < 0.05) that was maintained after scaling. Whilst absolute RV longitudinal dimension was greater in ET (88 ± 9 mm) than CT (81 ± 10 mm; P < 0.05), this difference was removed after scaling. Wall thickness was not different between ET and RT and there were no between group differences in global or regional RV function.
conclusionWe present some evidence of RV adaptation to chronic ET in male athletes but limited structural characteristics of an athletic heart were observed in RT. Global and regional RV functions were comparable between groups. Allometric scaling altered data interpretation in some variables.
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