Journal article
Right Heart Structural and Functional Remodeling in Athletes
Antonello D'Andrea, Andre La Gerche, Enrica Golia, Arco J Teske, Eduardo Bossone, Maria Giovanna Russo, Raffaele Calabro, Aaron L Baggish
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12226
Abstract
Long-term intensive exercise training programs lead to numerous progressive cardiac adaptations, which are collectively termed "athlete's heart." Noninvasive diagnostic techniques, such as color Doppler echocardiography, have been widely used in the analysis of the athlete's heart. Initial experiences focused mainly on left heart adaptations to training. However, in recent years, substantial structural and functional adaptations of the right heart have been documented. The present review article focuses on recent data defining right heart adaptation to short- and long-term periods of exercise training. Right ventricular (RV) morphology and function may be more profoundly affected by intense ..
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