ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2017
Influence of gender on right ventricle adaptation to endurance exercise: an ultrasound two-dimensional speckle-tracking stress study.
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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
- Sex Matters: A Comprehensive Comparison of Female and Male Hearts.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Cardiac structure and function in elite female athletes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Physiological reports · 2021Pooled it
- The Right Heart of Elite Male and Female Cyclists: A Comparative Study of Cycling Disciplines.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the associations between right heart structure and peak exercise capacity parameters in amateur cyclists.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- The athlete's heart: insights from echocardiography.Echo research and practice · 2023Review
- Left Ventricular Responses during Exercise in Highly Trained Youth Athletes: Echocardiographic Insights on Function and Adaptation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Rationale and design of the PROspective ATHletic Heart (Pro@Heart) study: long-term assessment of the determinants of cardiac remodelling and its clinical consequences in endurance athletes.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
- Right heart exercise-training-adaptation and remodelling in endurance athletes.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Assessment of myocardial deformation with CMR: a comparison with ultrasound speckle tracking.European radiology · 2021Article
- Cardiac Biomarkers and Autoantibodies in Endurance Athletes: Potential Similarities with Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Pathogenic Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Characterisation of LV myocardial exercise function by 2-D strain deformation imaging in elite adolescent footballers.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- How to interpret right ventricular remodeling in athletes.Clinical cardiology · 2020Review
- Three-dimensional regional bi-ventricular shape remodeling is associated with exercise capacity in endurance athletes.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- Comparative study of the effectiveness of a low-pressure hyperbaric oxygen treatment and physical exercise in women with fibromyalgia: randomized clinical trial.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2020Article
- Should the septum be included in the assessment of right ventricular longitudinal strain? An ultrasound two-dimensional speckle-tracking stress study.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2019Observational
- Cardiac Adaption to Exercise Training: the Female Athlete.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundCharacteristic right ventricle (RV) remodelling is related to endurance exercise in male athletes (MAs), but data in female athletes (FAs) are scarce. Our aim was to evaluate sex-related influence on exercise-induced RV remodelling and on RV performance during exercise.
methodsForty endurance athletes (>10 training hours/week, 50% female) and 40 age-matched controls (<3 h moderate exercise/week, 50% female) were included. Echocardiography was performed at rest and at maximum cycle-ergometer effort. Both ventricles were analysed by standard and speckle-tracking echocardiography.
resultsEndurance training induced similar structural and functional cardiac remodelling in MAs and FAs, characterized by bi-ventricular dilatation [~34%, left ventricle (LV); 29%, RV] and normal bi-ventricular function. However, males had larger RV size (p < 0.01), compared to females: RV end-diastolic area (cm
conclusionLong-term endurance training induced similar bi-ventricular remodelling in MAs and FAs. Independently of training load, males had larger RV size and lower bi-ventricular deformation. Improvement in RV performance during exercise was blunted at high workloads, especially in MAs. The potential mechanisms underlying these findings warrant further investigation.
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