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Zimmermann, P; Moser, O; Eckstein, ML; Wüstenfeld, J; Schöffl, V; Zimmermann, L; Braun, M; Schöffl, I.
Athlete's Heart in Elite Biathlon, Nordic Cross-Country and Ski-Mountaineering Athletes: Cardiac Adaptions Determined Using Echocardiographic Data.
J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2021; 9(1): Doi: 10.3390/jcdd9010008 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Eckstein Max Lennart
Moser Othmar
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Abstract:
Twelve world elite Biathlon (Bia), ten Nordic Cross Country (NCC) and ten ski-mountaineering (Ski-Mo) athletes were evaluated for pronounced echocardiographic physiological cardiac remodeling as a primary aim of our descriptive preliminary report. In this context, sports-related cardiac remodeling was analyzed by performing two-dimensional echocardiography including speckle tracking analysis as left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS). A multicenter retrospective analysis of echocardiographic data was performed in 32 elite world winter sports athletes, which were obtained between 2020 and 2021 during the annual medical examination. The matched data of the elite world winter sports athletes (14 women, 18 male athletes, age: 18-35 years) were compared for different echocardiographic parameters. Significant differences could be revealed for left ventricular systolic function (LV-EF, p = 0.0001), left ventricular mass index (LV Mass index, p = 0.0078), left atrial remodeling by left atrial volume index (LAVI, p = 0.0052), and LV-GLS (p = 0.0003) between the three professional winter sports disciplines. This report provides new evidence that resting measures of cardiac structure and function in elite winter sport professionals can identify sport specific remodeling of the left heart, against the background of training schedule and training frequency.

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