The Scandinavian athlete's heart; echocardiographic characteristics of male professional football players

This investigation explores the cardiac four‐chamber remodeling response to training in male players in Norwegian professional football league, and ethnicity as determinants in the development of athlete's heart. Standard 2D echocardiographic examination and analysis of all four cavities were p...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 2014-10, Vol.24 (5), p.e372-e380
Main Authors: Gjerdalen, G. F., Hisdal, J., Solberg, E. E., Andersen, T. E., Radunovic, Z., Steine, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Continental Ancestry Group
Africans
Athlete's heart
Athletes
Atrial Remodeling
Body Surface Area
Cross-Sectional Studies
ethnic differences
European Continental Ancestry Group
Heart
Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Norway
Physical Conditioning, Human - physiology
Professional soccer
Soccer - physiology
Sports medicine
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography
Ventricular Remodeling
Young Adult
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Summary:This investigation explores the cardiac four‐chamber remodeling response to training in male players in Norwegian professional football league, and ethnicity as determinants in the development of athlete's heart. Standard 2D echocardiographic examination and analysis of all four cavities were performed in 504 football players of Caucasian origin, 49 of African origin, and 47 matched Caucasian controls (
ISSN:0905-7188
1600-0838
DOI:10.1111/sms.12178