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Female Athlete’s Heart
- Source :
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 13
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020.
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Abstract
- Background: Most of our knowledge on training-induced cardiac remodeling is derived from men, with the paucity of data from women representing an important gap in knowledge. The aim of the study was to define the electrocardiographic and morphological features of female athlete’s heart, with special attention to differences related to sex and sport. Methods: Seven hundred twenty Olympic athletes (360 females and 360 age- and sport-matched males, mean age: 23±5 years) were evaluated by clinical, resting, and exercise electrocardiography and echocardiography. Results: Anterior T-wave inversion was more common in females than males ( P P P P Conclusions: Sex significantly affects cardiac remodeling in athletes, with females presenting a different electrical and structural remodeling. Women maintain a normal LV geometry, with relative larger increase of cavity dimensions compared with men. Type of sport has a relevant impact, with endurance athletes exhibiting the greatest degree of RV and LV dimensional remodeling. The present study confirms the need for a sex-based approach for interpreting the complex features of athlete’s heart in women.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Athlete's heart
Action Potentials
heart
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Structural remodeling
Ventricular Function, Left
Electrocardiography
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
0302 clinical medicine
Heart Conduction System
Heart Rate
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
echocardiography
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiomegaly, Exercise-Induced
030212 general & internal medicine
Ventricular Remodeling
business.industry
Health Status Disparities
Adaptation, Physiological
Echocardiography, Doppler
Athletes
Ventricular Function, Right
athlete
sports
women
Cardiology
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19420080 and 19419651
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5b3953acf3f8eaf34778a45050629160