[HTML][HTML] Athlete's heart: a cardiovascular step-by-step multimodality approach

S Palermi, E Cavarretta, F D'Ascenzi… - Reviews in …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“Athlete's heart” is a spectrum of morphological, functional, and regulatory changes that
occur in people who practice regular and long-term intense physical activity. The …

Evolving spectrum of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: Implications for Sports Cardiology

F Graziano, A Cipriani, D Balla, S Bondarev… - Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a genetic heart muscle disease, structurally
characterized by progressive fibro‐fatty replacement of the normal myocardium and …

Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy and Athletes: A Dangerous Relationship

F de la Guía-Galipienso, K Ugedo-Alzaga… - Current Problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease characterized by a progressive
replacement of myocardium by fibro-adipose material, predisposing to ventricular …

[HTML][HTML] Myocardial Fibrosis in Young and Veteran Athletes: Evidence from a Systematic Review of the Current Literature

RP Allwood, M Papadakis, E Androulakis - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Exercise is associated with several cardiac adaptations that can enhance one's
cardiac output and allow one to sustain a higher level of oxygen demand for prolonged …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of Cardiovascular Imaging in the Diagnosis of Athlete's Heart: Navigating the Shades of Grey

N Baba Ali, S Attaripour Esfahani, IG Scalia… - Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Athlete's heart (AH) represents the heart's remarkable ability to adapt structurally and
functionally to prolonged and intensive athletic training. Characterized by increased left …

Imaging cardiac hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its differential diagnosis

L Rashdan, J Hodovan, A Masri - Current opinion in cardiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Imaging cardiac hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a... : Current Opinion in
Cardiology Imaging cardiac hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its differential …

Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance in nonhospitalized COVID-19 infection subjects: an intraindividual comparison study

J Zhang, S Luo, J Cai, X Kong, L Zhang… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To investigate intraindividual cardiac structural and functional changes before and
after COVID-19 infection in a previously healthy population with a 3T cardiac magnetic …

Sport activity and non-ischemic left ventricular scarring: A controversial relationship

A Zorzi, F Graziano, H Vago… - International …, 2024 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
Myocardial scarring is an important substrate of life-threatening arrhythmias because it can
give rise to re-entrant ventricular tachycardia (VT). Clinically, myocardial scar is usually …

[HTML][HTML] The Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Diagnostic Work-Up of Athletes: An Essential Guide for the Sports Cardiologist

A Zorzi, S Bondarev, F Graziano, A Cecere… - Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Athletes with heart disease are at increased risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and
sudden cardiac death compared to their sedentary counterparts. When athletes have …

Prevalence and determinants of low QRS voltages and QRS fragmentation in children and adolescents undergoing sports preparticipation screening

F Graziano, OE Genta, L Manfrin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Low QRS voltages (LQRSV) in limb leads and QRS fragmentation (FQRS) are
possible electrocardiographic signs of myocardial fibrosis and cardiomyopathy, but they are …