Athletic Cardiac Remodeling in US Professional Basketball Players

Engel, David; Schwartz, Allan; Homma, Shunichi

doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0252

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“…In comparison with ordinary mature, basketball players have grand left ventricle, a similar result was found in participants in various sport activities (Engel et al, 2016).…”

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Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes

Elkhader¹,

Alamoudi

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci

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Competitor's heart is a set of constructions and physiological alteration that correlate to a long period of sport. The lack of reference to this status may lead to be classified as a disease, this study intended to evaluate morphological and functional changes in left ventricular in male athletes. One hundred and thirty-one intact participants between 15-33 years were involved in this research, 31 of them act as a control subject, echocardiographic scan was done to find left ventricular internal enddiastolic dimension, interventricular septal wall thickness, left ventricular posterior wall thickness, relative wall thickness, left ventricular mass and ejection fraction for two groups of athletes (aerobic & anaerobic) and nonsports group (control), analysis was conducted using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Athlete's average parameters were higher than those of the control were; end diastolic dimension (51.5±4.8mm versus 48.0±4.4mm), interventricular septal wall thickness (9.7±1.05mm versus 8.4±0.9mm), posterior wall thickness (9.5±0.85mm versus 8.4±0.6mm), relative wall thickness (0.40 ±0.08mmversus 0.35±0.05mm), left ventricular mass (191.1±37.2g versus 141.1±36.4g) and ejection fraction (70.6±5.3 versus 66.5±4.5). There was a significant difference between athletes and the control participants concern to all measurements. Results of the study are compatible with earlier findings; this data will be benefit into medical evaluation purpose in the sporty society.

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“…In comparison with ordinary mature, basketball players have grand left ventricle, a similar result was found in participants in various sport activities (Engel et al, 2016).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes

Elkhader¹,

Alamoudi

2017

Int. j. adv. appl. sci

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“…Indexing aortic size for BSA is proposed as an additional/alternative means of recognizing aortic dilation which accounts for anthropometrics; however, it is widely recognized that at the upper extremes of body size there is a plateauing of aortic size elegantly described by Engel et al in a study of 526 National Basketball Association athletes amongst other studies 8, 16, 22, 23 . Recent data also suggests the aortic cross-sectional area/height ratio is a robust predictor of outcome 24, 25 .…”

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Ascending Aortic Dimensions in Former National Football League Athletes

Gentry

Carruthers

Joshi

et al. 2017

Circ: Cardiovascular Imaging

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Background Ascending aortic dimensions are slightly larger in young competitive athletes compared to sedentary controls, but rarely greater than 40 mm. Whether this finding translates to aortic enlargement in older, former athletes is unknown. Methods and Results This cross-sectional study involved a sample of 206 former National Football League (NFL) athletes compared with 759 male subjects from the Dallas Heart Study-2 (DHS) (mean age 57.1 and 53.6 years respectively, p < 0.0001; body surface area of 2.4 and 2.1 m2 respectively, p < 0.0001). Mid-ascending aortic dimensions were obtained from computed tomographic scans performed as part of a NFL screening protocol or as part of the DHS. Compared to a population based control group, former NFL athletes had significantly larger ascending aortic diameters (38±5 vs. 34±4 mm; p<0.0001). A significantly higher proportion of former NFL athletes had an aorta of greater than 40 mm (29.6% versus 8.6%, p<0.0001). After adjusting for age, race, body surface area, systolic blood pressure, history of hypertension, current smoking, diabetes, and lipid profile the former NFL athletes still had significantly larger ascending aortas (p<0.0001). Former NFL athletes were twice as likely to have an aorta greater than 40 mm after adjusting for the same parameters. Conclusions Ascending aortic dimensions were significantly larger in a sample of former NFL athletes after adjusting for their size, age, race and cardiac risk factors. Whether this translates to an increased risk is unknown and requires further evaluation.

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“…For example, one study showed that 27.4% of professional basketball athletes met LVH criteria by echocardiography [9]. This study, which included 529 athletes, does not mention any EKG associations.…”

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Left Bundle Branch Block in a 29-Year-Old Non-Competitive Runner

Gabasha

Ratajczak

2017

J Med Cases

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Left bundle branch block (LBBB) is an electrocardiogram (EKG) abnormality that represents disruption of the normal electrical conduction system. While commonly found in patients with cardiomyopathies, it may manifest even in the absence of any other cardiac disease. Transient LBBB is likely a common intermediate step in the progression from a normal EKG to chronic LBBB. Given that a chronic LBBB portends poor outcomes, transient LBBB may be an early indication to initiate cardiopulmonary evaluation. We present a case of a 29-year-old Caucasian male with multiple admissions for chest pain which progressed from a normal EKG to transient LBBB, to chronic LBBB over a 2-year period.

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Athletic Cardiac Remodeling in US Professional Basketball Players

Cited by 72 publications

References 41 publications

Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes

Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes

Ascending Aortic Dimensions in Former National Football League Athletes

Left Bundle Branch Block in a 29-Year-Old Non-Competitive Runner

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