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Right ventricular structure and function in senior and academy elite footballers
Aims Right ventricular (RV) adaptation is a common finding in the athlete's heart. The aim of this study was to establish the extent of RV structural and functional adaptation in elite and academy professional footballers compared to age‐matched controls. Methods and Results A total of 100 seni...
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Published in: | Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 2018-12, Vol.28 (12), p.2617-2624 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Right ventricular (RV) adaptation is a common finding in the athlete's heart. The aim of this study was to establish the extent of RV structural and functional adaptation in elite and academy professional footballers compared to age‐matched controls.
Methods and Results
A total of 100 senior and 100 academy elite footballers and 20 senior and 19 academy age‐matched controls were recruited. All participants underwent 2D, Doppler, tissue Doppler, and strain (ε) echocardiography of the right heart. Structural indices were derived and indexed allometrically for individual differences in body surface area. Standard RV function was assessed alongside peak RV ε and strain rate (SR). Senior football players had larger scaled RV structural parameters than academy players for the RV outflow (RVOTplax) (32.7 ± 4.2 and 29.5 ± 4.0 mm(m2)0.326, P |
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ISSN: | 0905-7188 1600-0838 |
DOI: | 10.1111/sms.13272 |