CHARACTERISATION OF SUB-CLINICAL CARDIAC DYSFUNCTION USING NOVEL CARDIAC EXERCISE IMAGING

Reduced Exercise Capacity in Diabetes Mellitus Is Not Associated with Impaired Deformation or Twist

Timothy J Roberts, James F Barros-Murphy, Andrew T Burns, Richard J MacIsaac, Andrew I MacIsaac, David L Prior, Andre La Gerche

2020-04-01

BACKGROUND: Exercise capacity is frequently reduced in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) and may be due to subclinical cardiac dy..

Exercise Attenuates Cardiotoxicity of Anthracycline Chemotherapy Measured by Global Longitudinal Strain

Benedict T Costello, Timothy J Roberts, Erin J Howden, Ashley Bigaran, Steven J Foulkes, Rhys I Beaudry, Kristel Janssens, Mark J Haykowsky, Yoland Antill, Sophie Nightingale, Sherene Loi, Andre La Gerche

2019-12-01

Persistent Impairment in Cardiopulmonary Fitness after Breast Cancer Chemotherapy

Stephen J Foulkes, Erin J Howden, Ashley Bigaran, Kristel Janssens, Yoland Antill, Sherene Loi, Piet Claus, Mark J Haykowsky, Robin M Daly, Steve F Fraser, Andre La Gerche

2019-08-01

PURPOSE: Anthracycline chemotherapy (AC) is associated with acute reductions in cardiopulmonary fitness (V˙O2peak). We sought to d..

Sildenafil enhances central hemodynamic responses to exercise, but not (V)over dot>o(2peak), in people with diabetes mellitus

Timothy J Roberts, Andrew T Burns, Richard J MacIsaac, Andrew I MacIsaac, David L Prior, Andre La Gerche

2019-07-01

Exercise capacity is frequently reduced in people with diabetes mellitus (DM), and the contribution of pulmonary microvascular dys..

Exercise as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the prevention of cardiovascular dysfunction in breast cancer patients

Erin J Howden, Ashley Bigaran, Rhys Beaudry, Steve Fraser, Steve Selig, Steve Foulkes, Yoland Antill, Sophie Nightingale, Sherene Loi, Mark J Haykowsky, Andre La Gerche

2019-02-01

BACKGROUND: Anthracycline chemotherapy may be associated with decreased cardiac function and functional capacity measured as the p..

Relation of Alcohol Consumption to Left Ventricular Fibrosis Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Aleksandr Voskoboinik, Benedict T Costello, Andre La Gerche, Sandeep Prabhu, Geoff Wong, Michael D Flannery, Chrishan Nalliah, Hariharan Sugumar, Fabian Springer, Jonathan M Kalman, Andrew J Taylor, Peter M Kistler

2019-02-01

Light-to-moderate regular alcohol consumption has been associated with reduced mortality, heart failure, and sudden death, with a ..

Sudden Death and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes: Screening, De-Training and the Role of Catheter Ablation

M Darragh Flannery, Andre La Gerche

2019-01-01

Athletes enjoy excellent health outcomes including greater longevity relative to non-athletic counterparts. Paradoxically, however..

Drugs in Sport - A Change is Needed, but What?

Andre La Gerche, Maria J Brosnan

2018-09-01

Performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) confound much of what is considered great about sport. Sport is generally associated with excel..

What May the Future Hold for Sports Cardiology?

Andre La Gerche, Aaron Baggish, Hein Heidbuchel, Benjamin D Levine, Dhrubo Rakhit

2018-09-01

The field of sports cardiology has advanced significantly over recent times. It has incorporated clinical and research advances in..

Diagnosis and Significance of Pulmonary Microvascular Disease in Diabetes

Timothy J Roberts, Andrew T Burns, Richard J MacIsaac, Andrew I MacIsaac, David L Prior, Andre La Gerche

2018-04-01

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether pulmonary microvascular disease is detectable in subjects with diabetes and associated with dimini..

Exercise capacity in diabetes mellitus is predicted by activity status and cardiac size rather than cardiac function: a case control study

Timothy J Roberts, Andrew T Burns, Richard J MacIsaac, Andrew I MacIsaac, David L Prior, Andre La Gerche

2018-03-23

BACKGROUND: The reasons for reduced exercise capacity in diabetes mellitus (DM) remains incompletely understood, although diastoli..

Exercise and the right ventricle: a potential Achilles' heel

Andre La Gerche, Dhrubo J Rakhit, Guido Claessen

2017-10-01

Exercise is associated with unequivocal health benefits and results in many structural and functional changes of the myocardium th..

State of the Art Review: Atrial Fibrillation in Athletes

M Darragh Flannery, Jonathan M Kalman, Prashanthan Sanders, Andre La Gerche

2017-09-01

Exercise has substantial health benefits with pleomorphic vascular, metabolic, psychological and anti-neoplastic actions resulting..

Cardiovascular Effects of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

Andre La Gerche, Maria J Brosnan

2017-01-03

Exercise and competitive sports should be associated with a wide range of health benefits with the potential to inspire a positive..

Exercise-induced pulmonary oedema in endurance triathletes

Anna Beale, Fei Fei Gong, Andre La Gerche

2016-01-15

Reply to Sanchis-Gomar et al. dUndeniable Benefits of Exercise Should Not Preclude Inquiry Into the Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Athletes

Andre La Gerche, Guido Claessen

2015-10-01

Exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction is associated with ventricular arrhythmias in endurance athletes

Andre La Gerche, Guido Claessen, Steven Dymarkowski, Jens-Uwe Voigt, Frederik De Buck, Luc Vanhees, Walter Droogne, Johan Van Cleemput, Piet Claus, Hein Heidbuchel

2015-08-07

AIMS: Intense exercise places disproportionate strain on the right ventricle (RV) which may promote pro-arrhythmic remodelling in ..