Echocardiography and strain analysis in Malaysian elite athletes versus young healthy adults

Roslan, Aslannif; Stanislaus, Rohith; Sin, Tey Yee; Aris, F.; Ashari, Afif; Shaparudin, Abdul A; Shah, Wan Faizal Bin Wan Rahimi; Beng, Koh Hui; Lee, Tjen Jhung; Aktifanus, Ahmad Tantawi Jauhari; Kamsani, Suraya H.; Rusani, Beni Isman; Win, Nay Thu; Rani, Muhd Najmi H. Abdul; Ming, Tan; Aedrus, Noraminah; Azman, Kartina; Halim, Mohamad Norsyamfarhan A; Zainal, Mohammed Dzaqqee Y.; Hussein, Kamarul Hashimy; Hamid, Mohd Shariff; Puji, Arshad; Khairuddin, Ahmad Hakimi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcha.2023.101242

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“…The results of the reviewed studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] are presented in Tables 1-3.…”

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Cardiac Adaptation in Performance Athletes: A Systematic Review

Ursu,

Busnatu,

Cristea

et al. 2024

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Athlete’s heart is characterised by structural, functional, and electrical remodelling. During an exercise session, the heart increases the use of oxygen, which is associated with decreased vascular resistance in the lungs’ circulation. Left ventricular hypertrophy is an echocardiographic modification especially met in endurance athlete’s heart. Moreover, left atrial dilatation represents another important characteristic of endurance athletes. Electrical modulation in the athletic heart induces neurological modifications leading to sinus arrhythmia, bradycardia, early repolarisation, and first-grade atrioventricular (AV) blocks. Athletes' nutritional status involves the assimilation of macronutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Depending on the duration of physical exercise, ATP can be obtained in aerobic or anaerobic conditions. This systematic review aims to find correlations between different evaluative methods of cardiac adaptation and present the metabolism in performance athletes.

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“…The results of the reviewed studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] are presented in Tables 1-3.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cardiac Adaptation in Performance Athletes: A Systematic Review

Ursu,

Busnatu,

Cristea

et al. 2024

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Differences in cardiac adaptation to exercise in male and female athletes assessed by noninvasive techniques: a state-of-the-art review

Lasocka-Koriat,

Lewicka-Potocka,

Kaleta-Duss

et al. 2024

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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Athlete's heart is generally regarded as a physiological adaptation to regular training, with specific morphological and functional alterations in the cardiovascular system. Development of the non-invasive imaging techniques over the last several years enabled better assessment of cardiac remodeling in athletes, which may eventually mimic certain pathological conditions with the potential for sudden cardiac death, or disease progression. The current literature provides a compelling overview of the available methods that target the interrelation of prolonged exercise with cardiac structure and function. However, this data stems from scientific studies that included mostly male athletes. Despite the growing participation of females in competitive sport meetings, little is known about the long-term cardiac effects of repetitive training in this population. There are several factors - biochemical, physiological and psychological, that determine sex-dependant cardiac response. Herein, the aim of this review was to compare cardiac adaptation to endurance exercise in male and female athletes with the use of electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and biochemical examination, in order to determine the sex-specific phenotypes, and to improve the healthcare providers' awareness of cardiac remodeling in athletes. Finally, we discuss the possible exercise-induced alternations that should arouse suspicion of pathology and be further evaluated.

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Cardiac remodeling in elite young Asian female soccer players

Kim,

Park,

Sohn

et al. 2024

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.

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IntroductionAn athlete's heart (AH) varies depending on race, sex, age, and the type and intensity of training. Given that soccer is a common sport, evaluation of cardiac function in soccer players is important; however, few studies have analyzed adolescent soccer players. Therefore, this study, aimed to identify early changes in AH in soccer players by evaluating the echocardiographic findings of adolescent Asian female soccer players for whom existing data are scarce.MethodsWe evaluated 20 Korean female under-20 national soccer team players and 42 age-matched healthy females. Participants provided physical examination data such as height, weight, blood pressure, and pulse, along with echocardiographic results. On echocardiography, parameters related to the morphology of the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV) and those related to the systolic and diastolic function of the LV were measured.ResultsThe athlete group had a lower blood pressure and pulse rate than the control group. Echocardiography indicated that both the LA volume index and LV volume in the athlete group were large by approximately 1.5 times compared with those in the control group. The LV wall thickness and mass index were also significantly large in the athlete group. For LV diastolic function, parameters indicating early diastolic filling were substantially higher in the athlete group than in the control group.ConclusionsAdolescent female soccer players exhibited differences in cardiac morphology and an enhanced diastolic function. Therefore, this study suggests that AH begins in adolescence, with changes in both morphology and function.

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Echocardiography and strain analysis in Malaysian elite athletes versus young healthy adults

Cited by 3 publications

References 24 publications

Cardiac Adaptation in Performance Athletes: A Systematic Review

Cardiac Adaptation in Performance Athletes: A Systematic Review

Differences in cardiac adaptation to exercise in male and female athletes assessed by noninvasive techniques: a state-of-the-art review

Cardiac remodeling in elite young Asian female soccer players

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