ReviewClinical cardiology2020
Coronary atherosclerosis in middle-aged athletes: Current insights, burning questions, and future perspectives.
Review in Clinical cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Coronary Artery Disease in Masters Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Cocoa Flavanols in Modulating Resting Cerebral Blood Flow During Prolonged Sitting in Healthy Young and Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Exercise-Induced Coronary Remodeling and the Atherosclerotic Paradox in Endurance Athletes: Toward a Unified Mechanobiological Framework.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Role of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in the Monitoring of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Athletes - State-of-the-Art Review.Vascular health and risk management · 2026Review
- Coronary atherosclerosis in athletes: emerging concepts and preventive strategies.European heart journal · 2025Review
- Plasma Advanced Glycation End Products and Dicarbonyl Compounds Are Not Associated with Coronary Atherosclerosis in Athletes.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2023Article
- The Female Athlete's Heart: Overview and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases.European cardiology · 2021Review
- Circulating microRNAs fluctuations in exercise-induced cardiac remodeling: A systematic review.American journal of translational research · 2021Review
- Coronary atherosclerosis in middle-aged athletes: Current insights, burning questions, and future perspectives.Clinical cardiology · 2020Review
- Exercise, Physical Activity, and Cardiometabolic Health: Insights into the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Diseases.Cardiology in reviewArticle
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Abstract
Regular exercise training is considered healthy as it reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. Nevertheless, athletes are not immune to the development of cardiovascular diseases and recent studies reported a higher prevalence of coronary artery calcifications and atherosclerotic plaques in athletes compared to less active controls. These observations have raised many questions among sport scientists, sports cardiologists, amateur athletes, and the general population. For example, Are athletes (not) immune for coronary atherosclerosis? How to assess coronary atherosclerosis in athletes? What about chalk (calcified plaque) and cheese (mixed plaque)? Does exercise intensity play a role? Are there sport-related differences? Are there sex differences? Can sports medical evaluation detect coronary atherosclerosis? Do athletes get worried? Should athletes get worried? How should athletes with coronary atherosclerosis be managed? The goal of this review is to discuss the latest scientific insights and to answer these important questions. Furthermore, we will explore potential clinical implications and point out directions for further research.
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