ReviewEuropean cardiology2020
The Impact of Ethnicity on Cardiac Adaptation.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- ECG Screening in Athletes: A Systematic Review of Sport, Age, and Gender Variations.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance reference values ("normal values") in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: 2025 update.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2025Guideline
- Phenotyping the Structure and Function of the Heart of Elite Sailors: Implications for Pre-Participation Cardiac Screening.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Is systolic blood pressure an early marker of concentric left ventricular geometry in young rugby athletes as a potential cardiac maladaptation?International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
- The athletes heart-from acute stimulus to chronic adaptation.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- Regulatory mechanisms of exercise-induced physiological cardiac hypertrophy: progress and prospects.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Wide Spectrum of Bradyarrhythmias and Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Sportsmen: Run Forrest, Run?!Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- The athlete's heart: insights from echocardiography.Echo research and practice · 2023Review
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- Cardiac and Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery Among Obese Patients in a Malaysian Tertiary Hospital: A 6-month Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2023Article
- Heart Rate Response and Locomotor Activity of Female Skateboarders, BIPOC Skateboarders, and Non-skateboard Users During a Typical Session at a Community Skatepark.International journal of exercise science · 2023Article
- Certainties and Uncertainties of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Athletes.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- The Impact of Ethnicity on Athlete ECG Interpretation: A Systematic Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Review
- Electrical and Structural Adaption of Athlete's Heart and the Impact on Training and Recovery Management in Professional Basketball Players: A Retrospective Observational Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Electrocardiographic pattern of apparently healthy African adolescent athletes in Nigeria.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Regular intensive exercise is associated with a plethora of electrical, structural and functional adaptations within the heart to promote a prolonged and sustained increase in cardiac output. Bradycardia, increased cardiac dimensions, enhanced ventricular filling, augmentation of stroke volume and high peak oxygen consumption are recognised features of the athlete's heart. The type and magnitude of these adaptations to physical exercise are governed by age, sex, ethnicity, sporting discipline and intensity of sport. Some athletes, particularly those of African or Afro-Caribbean (black) origin reveal changes that overlap with diseases implicated in sudden cardiac death. In such instances, erroneous interpretation has potentially serious consequences ranging from unfair disqualification to false reassurance. This article focuses on ethnic variation in the physiological cardiac adaption to exercise.
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