Cardiac Remodeling in Elite Aquatic Sport Athletes
| Autor: | Alexandra M Coates, Christian P Cheung, Katharine D Currie, Trevor James King, Margo L Mountjoy, Jamie Burr |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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bepress|Medicine and Health Sciences|Medical Specialties Ventricular Remodeling Heart Ventricles bepress|Life Sciences|Kinesiology Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Cross-Sectional Studies Athletes Echocardiography SportRxiv|Sport and Exercise Science Humans Female Orthopedics and Sports Medicine SportRxiv|Sport and Exercise Science|Sport and Exercise Medicine |
| Popis: | Background: The “athlete’s heart” has been well characterized, and it is known that remodeling is dependent on the nature of the hemodynamic-stimuli. Aquatic-athletes are exposed to hydrostatic pressures, postural anomalies, and breath-holds that likely drive distinct cardiac adaptation; however, the aquatic-athlete’s heart has not been specifically interrogated. The aim of this investigation was to characterize and compare the sport-specific cardiac structure of elite aquatic-athletes. Methods: Ninety athletes at the 2019 FINA World Championships from swimming (SW:20M/17F), water-polo (WP:21M/9F), and artistic swimming (AS:23F) volunteered for echocardiographic assessment of cardiac structure. Results: Male SW displayed primarily eccentric volume-driven remodeling, while male WP had a greater incidence of pressure-driven concentric geometry (SW:5%, WP:25%) with elevated relative wall-thickness (RWT) (SW:0.35±0.04, WP:0.44±0.08, P |
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