Objective: To review the published literature reporting on the incidence of myocardial
fibrosis (MF) in high-intensity endurance athletes measured by late gadolinium …

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) combined with late gadolinium
enhancement (LGE) has revealed a non-negligible increased incidence of myocardial …

Left ventricular fibrosis can be identified by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE)
cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in some veteran athletes. We aimed to …

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 …

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 …

The potential association between endurance exercise and myocardial fibrosis is
controversial. Data on exercise exposure and diffuse myocardial fibrosis in endurance …

Objectives: This study analyzed the presence of myocardial fibrosis detected by late
gadolinium-enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in correlation with the …

—Garrison Keillor (1) The heart of the athlete is strong; the life of the athlete is long. With
rare exceptions, these statements are incontrovertible facts supported by a wealth of data …

Purpose To compare the prevalence of myocardial fibrosis and coronary calcification in
individuals who have performed very high levels of strenuous endurance exercise …

Aims The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of myocardial injury and
cardiac dysfunction after an endurance race by biomarkers and cardiac magnetic resonance …