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Enrique Serrano-ostáriz
No evidence of adverse cardiac remodeling in former elite endurance athletes
Background: The impact of high exercise loads on a previously healthy heart remains controversial. We examined the consequences of decades of strenuous endurance exercise at the highest competition level on heart dimensions and volumes as well as on serum biomarkers of cardiac fibrosis/remodeling. Methods and results: We compared echocardiographic measurements and serum biomarkers of cardiac fibrosis/remodeling [troponin I, galectin-3, matrix metallopeptidase-2 and -9, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, carboxy-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen, and soluble suppressor of tumorigenicity-2 (sST-2)/interleukin(IL)-1R4] in 53 male athletes [11 former professional ('elite') and 42…
Strenuous endurance exercise and right ventricular systolic function: no evidence of long-term sequelae.
a Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain b Fundacion de Investigacion del Hospital Clinico Universitario Valencia (FIHCUV-INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain c Faculty of Health and Sport Science, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain d Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Research Institute (i + 12), Madrid, Spain e HospitalUniversitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain f Cardiology Service, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain g European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain h Faculty of Medicine, Physical Education and Sports Section, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Atrial fibrillation in highly trained endurance athletes — Description of a syndrome
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart arrhythmia, the risk of which typically increases with age. This condition is commonly associated with major cardiovascular diseases and structural heart damage, while it is rarely observed in healthy young people. However, increasing evidence indicates that paroxysmal AF can also onset in young or middle-aged and otherwise healthy endurance athletes (e.g., cyclists, runners and cross-country skiers). Here we review the topic of AF associated with strenuous endurance exercise (SEE), for example cycling, running and cross-country skiing, especially at a competitive level, and we propose the definition of a new syndrome based on the accumulati…