Coronary atherosclerotic burden in veteran athletes: The relationship between cardiovascular risk and volume of exercise.

Autor:	Certo Pereira J; Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: joanacerto@gmail.com., Santos R; Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Portugal., Moscoso Costa F; Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Portugal; Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal., Monge J; Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal., de Araújo Gonçalves P; Hospital de Santa Cruz, Lisboa, Portugal; Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal; CHRC, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal., Dores H; Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal; CHRC, NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology [Rev Port Cardiol] 2024 Jul; Vol. 43 (7), pp. 377-384. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 05.
DOI:	10.1016/j.repc.2024.03.001
Abstrakt:	Introduction and Objectives: The association between exercise and coronary atherosclerosis still remains unclarified. We aimed to analyze the prevalence of high coronary atherosclerotic burden in veteran athletes, considering cardiovascular (CV) risk and volume of exercise. Methods: A total of 105 asymptomatic male veteran athletes (48±5.6 years old) were studied. A high coronary atherosclerotic burden was defined as one of the following characteristics in coronary computed tomography angiography: calcium score >100, >75th percentile, obstructive plaques, involving left main, three-vessels or two-vessels including proximal anterior descending artery, segment involvement score >5 or CT-adapted Leaman score ≥5. CV risk was stratified by SCORE2 and volume of exercise by metabolic equivalent task score. Results: Most athletes (n=88) were engaged in endurance sports for 17.1±9.8 years, with a median exercise volume of 66 [IQR 44-103] metabolic equivalent of tasks/hour/week. The mean Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 was 2.8±1.5%; 76.9% of athletes had a low-moderate risk and none a very high risk. High coronary atherosclerotic burden was present in 25.7% athletes. Athletes with high cardiovascular risk and high exercise volume (above the median) showed significantly high coronary atherosclerotic burden compared to those with low-moderate risk and high volume (50.0% vs. 15.6%; p=0.017). Among athletes with low to moderate risk, a high volume of exercise tended to be protective, while in those with low volume, there was similar rate of high coronary atherosclerotic burden, regardless of CV risk. Conclusions: A combination of higher volume of exercise and high cardiovascular risk revealed the worst association with coronary atherosclerosis in veteran athletes. The relationship between these variables is controversial, but integrating exercise characteristics and risk assessment into preparticipation evaluation is essential. (Copyright © 2024 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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