ArticleEuropean heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging2021
Left atrial function in male veteran endurance athletes with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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- Clinical and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Characteristics of Veteran Male Endurance Athletes With Atrial Fibrillation: VENTOUX-AF.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Adaptive Changes in Endurance Athletes: A Review of Molecular, Echocardiographic and Electrocardiographic Findings.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Stroke in Athletes with Atrial Fibrillation: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Atrial Fibrillation.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Investigation of left atrial mechanical function and left ventricular systolic and diastolic parameters in athletes performing resistance exercise and combined exercise.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Differences in cardiac adaptation to exercise in male and female athletes assessed by noninvasive techniques: a state-of-the-art review.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024Review
- Atrial fibrillation in middle-aged athletes: Impact on left atrial, ventricular and exercise performance.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Complex but Fascinating Relationship between Sport and Atrial Fibrillation: From Pathophysiology to the Clinical Scenario.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Review
- Effects of training adaption in endurance athletes with atrial fibrillation: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
- Assessment of Left Atrial Structure and Function by Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Left atrial disease and left atrial reverse remodelling across different stages of heart failure development and progression: a new target for prevention and treatment.European journal of heart failure · 2022Review
- Exercise-Induced Atrial Remodeling in Female Amateur Marathon Runners Assessed by Three-Dimensional and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimsTo assess left atrial (LA) function in sinus rhythm in veteran athletes with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) exposed to prolonged endurance exercise compared with veteran athletes without AF and controls with and without paroxysmal AF from a non-athletic population. METHODS AND
resultsThree hundred and two male participants from four groups, veteran recreational skiers with paroxysmal AF (n = 62), veteran skiers without AF (n = 89), and controls from a non-athletic population with (n = 62) and without paroxysmal AF (n = 89) underwent an echocardiographic examination in sinus rhythm to evaluate LA anatomy and function. The skiers (mean age 70.8±6.7 years) reported an average exposure to regular endurance exercise for 40-50 years. LA maximum and minimum volumes were larger in skiers (P < 0.001). LA volumes differed within the athletic and non-athletic groups with larger volumes in the AF groups ( P < 0.001). We observed a considerable overlap in LA volumes among non-athletes with AF and athletes without AF. LA reservoir strain (33.6% ± 4.8% vs. 28.3% ± 6.7% P < 0.001) and contractile strain (18.3% ± 4.0% vs. 15.0% ± 5.2% P < 0.001) were lower in both AF groups regardless of athletic status. LA reservoir strain was superior to volumetric measurements at identifying participants with AF (area under the curve 0.740 ±0.041).
conclusionMale veteran athletes had significantly larger LA volumes than non-athletes. In contrast, LA strain values were similar in athletes and non-athletes with paroxysmal AF, and significantly lower than in subjects without AF.
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