Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in Masters Endurance Athletes with a Low Atherosclerotic Risk Profile

Circulation

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 126-137

  Merghani, Ahmed ^a   Maestrini, Viviana ^b,c   Rosmini, Stefania ^d   Cox, Andrew T ^a   Dhutia, Harshil ^a   Bastiaenan, Rachel ^a   David, Sarojini ^d   Yeo, Tee Joo ^e   Narain, Rajay ^a   Malhotra, Aneil ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a   Wilson, Mathew G ^f   Tome, Maite ^a   Alfakih, Khaled ^c   Moon, James C ^b   Sharma, Sanjay ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^f Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital Aspetar   (Qatar)

Author keywords

coronary calcification; endurance exercise; masters athletes

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHLETE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYCLING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 85022325188     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.026964     Document Type: Article

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