Exercise-induced cardiac remodelling (EICR) refers to changes in cardiac structure that
occur in response to exercise training. Initial reports of cardiac enlargement in athletes date …

Background The athlete's heart is physiologically enlarged with an extraordinary ability to
pump large volumes of blood at high heart rates. We hypothesized that efficient filling and …

PURPOSE: Increasing age is accompanied by a higher risk of sports-related death,
especially from coronary disease and cardiomyopathies. It is unclear if the mature athlete's …

Background: Athletes have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death then the rest of the
population. Autopsy findings show evidence for myocardial fibrosis in athletes. We speculate …

Background: Cardiovascular adaptation to physical activity is well-established in highly
trained athletes but less well described in recreational athletes. The differentiation between …

Objectives: Athlete's heart represents a structural and functional adaptation to regular
endurance exercise. Background: While left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy of the athlete's …

Sports cardiology is one of the most challenging fields in clinical cardiology, where both
knowledge and experience deal with difficult scenarios in a daily basis. This special issue …

Sports physicians and physiologists have aimed to assess exercise in young and master
athletes so as to work out their conditioning levels and design training programs …

Introduction Athletes who train regularly can develop left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, which
can be difficult to differentiate from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We aimed to use …