ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2018
Cardiac structure and function in elite Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Rugby Football League athletes: an exploratory study.
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- Cardiac Structure and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Young Male Japanese Rugby Athletes.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Resuming Training in High-Level Athletes After Mild COVID-19 Infection: A Multicenter Prospective Study (ASCCOVID-19).Sports medicine - open · 2022Article
- 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
- The influence of training status on right ventricular morphology and segmental strain in elite pre-adolescent soccer players.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Long-term athletic training does not alter age-associated reductions of left-ventricular mid-diastolic lengthening or expansion at rest.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- The Impact of Ethnicity on Cardiac Adaptation.European 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
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Abstract
The aim of this exploratory study was to define the Athletes Heart (AH) phenotype in Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (NH&PI) Rugby Football League (RFL) athletes. Specifically, (1) to describe conventional echocardiographic indices of left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV) structure and function in NH&PI RFL players and matched RFL Caucasian controls (CC) and (2) to demonstrate LV and RV mechanics in these populations. Ethnicity is a contributory factor to the phenotypical expression of the AH. There are no data describing the cardiac phenotype in NH&PI athletes. Twenty-one male elite NH&PI RFL athletes were evaluated using conventional echocardiography and myocardial speckle tracking, allowing the assessment of global longitudinal strain (ε) and strain rate (SR); and basal, mid and global radial and circumferential ε and SR. Basal and apical rotation and twist were also assessed. Results were compared with age-matched Caucasian counterparts (CC; n = 21). LV mass [42 ± 9 versus 37 ± 4 g/(m
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