Context The athlete's heart (AH) remains a popular topic of study. Controversy related to
training-specific cardiac adaptation in male athletes, and continuing developments in …

Myocardial fibrosis (MF) is a common phenomenon in the late stages of diverse cardiac
diseases and is a predictive factor for sudden cardiac death. Myocardial fibrosis detected by …

Aim To describe the electrocardiographic (ECG) and echocardiographic manifestations of
the paediatric athlete's heart, and examine the impact of age, race and sex on cardiac …

This study examined the cardiac structure and function of a unique cohort of documented
lifelong, competitive endurance veteran athletes (> 50 yr). Twelve lifelong veteran male …

Background Reports on the incidence and causes of sudden cardiac death among young
athletes have relied largely on estimated rates of participation and varied methods of …

Non‐Technical Summary This is the first study, to our knowledge, to use cardiac MRI before
and after intensive and closely supervised resistance and endurance exercise training in …

Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean arterial pressure of≥ 25 mmHg as confirmed
on right heart catheterisation. Traditionally, the pulmonary arterial systolic pressure has …

There have been significant advances in the field of echocardiography with the introduction
of a number of new techniques into standard clinical practice. Consequently, a 'standard' …

BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to establish absolute ranges for right ventricular
(RV) structural and functional parameters for endurance athletes and to establish any impact …

Prolonged exercise has been shown to result in an acute depression in cardiac function.
However, little is known about the effect of this type of exercise on vascular function …