Reduced right ventricular myocardial strain in the elite athlete may not be a consequence of myocardial damage. "cream masquerades as skimmed milk"

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 929-935

  King, Gerard ^a,b   Almuntaser, Ibrahim ^b   Murphy, Ross T ^b   La Gerche, Andre ^c   Mahoney, Nick ^d   Bennet, Kathleen ^b   Clarke, John ^a   Brown, Angela ^b  

^a Eagle Lodge Medical Centre   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

athlete; isovolumic acceleration; right ventricle; strain; sub clinical dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FOOTBALL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRAINING; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND;

ATHLETE; ISOVOLUMIC ACCELERATION; RIGHT VENTRICLE; STRAIN; SUB-CLINICAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883739839     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12153     Document Type: Article

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