Journal ArticleDOI
Left ventricular structure and function, assessed by imaging and Doppler echocardiography, in athletes engaged in throwing events.
C Van Den Broeke,Robert Fagard +1 more
TLDR
The unchanged ratio of the peak velocities of LV filing during atrial contraction and early filling suggests that LV distensibility is unaltered in these athletes, suggesting that strength training was not associated with changes in LV structure and function.Abstract:
Ten male athletes engaged in throwing events and ten control subjects, matched for age, height, and weight, were investigated with echocardiography and Doppler velocimetry to assess cardiac structure and systolic and diastolic left ventricular function at rest. Left ventricular (LV) internal diameter, wall thickness, LV mass, and systolic LV function were not different between athletes and nonathletes. The possibility that strength training could alter LV diastolic function was further investigated. Both early diastolic function, estimated from the velocity of LV relaxation and the LV inflow pattern, and late diastolic function, assessed by Doppler velocimetry, were similar in throwers and controls. The unchanged ratio of the peak velocities of LV filing during atrial contraction and early filling suggests that LV distensibility is unaltered in these athletes. In conclusion, the amount and type of training performed by these throwers was not associated with changes in LV structure and function.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
The athlete's heart. A meta-analysis of cardiac structure and function.
TL;DR: Results of this meta-analysis regarding athlete's heart confirm the hypothesis of divergent cardiac adaptations in dynamic and static sports.
Journal ArticleDOI
Impact of Different Sports and Training on Cardiac Structure and Function
TL;DR: The consistency of the results of studies on athletes in the competitive and the resting season, of training of sedentary subjects, and of spinal cord-injured patients suggests that variations in physical activity can alter left ventricular structure.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Athlete's Heart : A Contemporary Appraisal of the 'Morganroth Hypothesis'
TL;DR: Significant caveats related to cross-sectional literature, the relative insensitivity of echocardiographic measurements and the paucity of evidence from longitudinal exercise training studies, warrant ongoing research to verify the ‘Morganroth hypothesis’.
Journal ArticleDOI
Functional and Metabolic Evaluation of the Athlete’s Heart By Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Dobutamine Stress Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Babette M Pluim,Hildo J. Lamb,Hein W. M. Kayser,Ferre Leujes,Hugo P. Beyerbacht,Aeilko H. Zwinderman,Arnoud van der Laarse,Hubert W. Vliegen,Albert de Roos,Ernst E. van der Wall +9 more
TL;DR: Left ventricular hypertrophy in cyclists is not associated with significant abnormalities of cardiac function or metabolism as assessed by MRI and spectroscopy, suggesting that training-induced left ventricularhypertrophy In cyclists is predominantly a physiological phenomenon.
Journal ArticleDOI
The 'athletic heart syndrome'. A critical review.
TL;DR: Cardiological findings in athletes are often similar to those observed in clinical cases, but enhanced or normal ventricular systolic and diastolic function have been reported in athletes, and hereditary factors may be important determinants of cardiac dimensions and/or the degree of cardiac adaptability to physical conditioning.