The relationship between left ventricular structure and function in the elite rugby football league athlete as determined by conventional echocardiography and myocardial strain imaging

The aims of this study were to establish the left ventricular (LV) phenotype in rugby football league (RFL) athletes and to mathematically model the association between LV size, strain (ɛ) and ejection fraction (EF). 139 male athletes underwent echocardiographic LV evaluation including ɛ imaging. No...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 2018-06, Vol.261, p.211-217
Main Authors: Forsythe, Lynsey, MacIver, David Hunter, Johnson, Christopher, George, Keith, Somauroo, John, Papadakis, Michael, Brown, Benjamin, Qasem, Mohammad, Oxborough, David
Format: Article
Language:English
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Athletes' heart
Echocardiography
Left ventricle
Strain
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Summary:The aims of this study were to establish the left ventricular (LV) phenotype in rugby football league (RFL) athletes and to mathematically model the association between LV size, strain (ɛ) and ejection fraction (EF). 139 male athletes underwent echocardiographic LV evaluation including ɛ imaging. Non-athletic males were used for comparison. All absolute and scaled structural indices were significantly larger (P 
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.140