Left and right ventricular adaptation assessed by doppler tissue echocardiography in athletes

Pelà, Giovanna; Bruschi, G; Montagna, Luca; Manara, Massimo; Manca, C

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2003.12.004

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“…Across numerous studies, early diastolic relaxation velocity has been shown to be normal or increased in athletes with LV hypertrophy resulting from exercise-induced remodeling. 79,80 In contrast, pathological forms of LV hypertrophy are typically associated with reduced early diastolic relaxation velocity and peak systolic tissue velocity. 45,[81][82][83] Tissue strain and strain rate may also provide useful insight into the origin of LV hypertrophy in athletes.…”

Section: Cardiac Enlargement: Pathology Versus Physiological Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Athlete's Heart and Cardiovascular Care of the Athlete

2011

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Section: Cardiac Enlargement: Pathology Versus Physiological Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Athlete's Heart and Cardiovascular Care of the Athlete

2011

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“…20 Combined with an increase of end-diastolic volume, this contributes to enhanced stroke volume. 21 Although most of the strain research in athletes has been performed in adults, the available data confirm these findings in healthy young athletes. 19 Conventional echocardiographic parameters differ between athletes engaged in endurance versus strength exercise, which has not been studied for regional parameters.…”

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Regional Ventricular Performance and Exercise Training in Children and Young Adults After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

Duppen

Geerdink

Kuipers

et al. 2015

Circ: Cardiovascular Imaging

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Background-Public-health guidelines recommend patients with congenital heart disease to exercise. Studies have shown that patients with congenital heart disease can improve physical exercise capacity. The effect of training on regional ventricular performance has hardly been studied. We performed a pilot study to assess whether an exercise training program would result in adverse changes of regional ventricular performance in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot. Methods and Results-Multicenter prospective randomized controlled pilot study in patients with tetralogy of Fallot aged 10 to 25 years. A 12-week standardized aerobic dynamic exercise training program (3 one-hour sessions per week) was used. Pre-and post-training cardiopulmonary exercise tests, MRI, and echocardiography, including tissue-Doppler imaging, were performed. Patients were randomized to the exercise group (n=28) or control group (n=20). One patient in the exercise group dropped out. Change in tissue-Doppler imaging parameters was similar in the exercise group and control group (change in right ventricle free wall peak velocity E′ exercise group, 0.8±2.6 cm/s; control group, 0.9±4.1; peak velocity A′ exercise group, 0.4±2.4 m/s; control group 4.6±18.1 cm/s). Conclusions-This randomized controlled pilot study provides preliminary data suggesting that regional ventricular performance is well maintained during 3-month aerobic dynamic exercise training in children and young adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. This information might help patients adhere to current public-health guidelines. Clinical Trial Registration-URL: http//:www.trialregister.nl. Unique identifier: NTR2731.

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“…A longer intervention may be warranted to assess the impact of STEX and PASS on LV mass and diastolic function possibly in more "at risk" children. The lack of change in diastolic functional variables is somewhat at odds with past research (25,27) but is likely because these data were derived from cross-sectional comparisons of trained and untrained children, which represents a greater exercise stimulus accumulated over many years. Moreover, it is almost axiomatic that cross-sectional effects are larger than those observed in experimental designs.…”

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“…Of further relevance to such risk factors is the fact that increased physical activity can have a positive impact upon carotid IMT (39), abnormal LV mass (1), *The current study was defined as an exploratory randomized trial, in accordance with the phased approach to the development and evaluation of interventions to improve health proposed by Campbell et al (2000). and diastolic function (25,27). Because of the rarity of clinical vascular events in the young, carotid IMT might be especially relevant as a primary outcome variable for epidemiological and treatment studies in young population samples (20).…”

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“…Physical activity interventions to reduce CV disease risk in children have tended to involve traditional structured exercise prescription (1,25,27,39), and less attention has been paid to the integration of physical activity into daily life through less-structured sports-specific exercise programs (13). Various theories and models to understand and change lifestyle behavior have been proposed (3) and some recent interventions based on behavior change theories have been studied in an attempt to decrease sedentary behavior in children (30).…”

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The Effect of Structured Exercise Classes and a Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Schoolchildren: An Exploratory Trial (The A-CLASS Project)

Henaghan¹,

McWhannell²,

Foweather³

et al. 2008

Pediatric Exercise Science

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This exploratory trial evaluates the effect of a structured exercise (STEX) or lifestyle intervention (PASS) program upon cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factors in children. Sixty-one schoolchildren were randomly assigned by school to an intervention or control (CON) condition. The effect of the STEX (compared with CON) was a mean benefit of −0.018 mm for average maximum carotid intimamedia thickness. The PASS intervention did not result in clinically important effects, and no other substantial changes were observed. Relatively high probability of clinically beneficial effects of the STEX intervention suggests that a larger, definitive randomized trial with longer follow-up is warranted.

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Left and right ventricular adaptation assessed by doppler tissue echocardiography in athletes

Cited by 70 publications

References 26 publications

Athlete's Heart and Cardiovascular Care of the Athlete

Athlete's Heart and Cardiovascular Care of the Athlete

Regional Ventricular Performance and Exercise Training in Children and Young Adults After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

The Effect of Structured Exercise Classes and a Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Primary Schoolchildren: An Exploratory Trial (The A-CLASS Project)

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