Sports medicine highlights from other journals #13
| Autor: | Brady Green, Ronan Kearney, Aoife Carolan, Josh Heerey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology Sports medicine Athletes business.industry Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation General Medicine Disease Lower risk biology.organism_classification Asymptomatic Coronary arteries medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinical significance medicine.symptom Coronary physiology business |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54:623-624 |
| ISSN: | 1473-0480 0306-3674 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100410 |
| Popis: | Circulatio n 2017; 136(2):138–48 It is well recognised that physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events but what actually happens within the coronary arteries of those who regularly exercise? This study used CT to assess coronary artery calcification (CAC) and plaque characteristics in 284 middle-aged asymptomatic men engaging in sport. The participants had no history of cardiovascular disease and gave lifelong exercise history grouped as 2000 MET-min/week. Surprisingly, the most active group had approximately 50% higher prevalence of CAC and burden of atherosclerotic plaques. Reassuringly, these plaques were 3.5 times more likely to be stable and less likely to rupture compared with unstable non-calcified plaques with fibrous caps and necrotic cores that are most vulnerable to rupture and cause an ischaemic event. Those engaging |
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