Athletic training is associated with a spectrum of morphologic and functional cardiac
adaptations known as 'the athlete's heart'. 1, 2 To the purpose of the present document an …

Introduction Excessive physical exercise may evolve into physical exercise addiction, a
recently identified entity with many yet unclear aspects, such as global prevalence and …

Current guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology advocate regular physical activity
as a Class IA recommendation for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of sex and different sports on right
ventricular (RV) remodeling and compare the derived upper limits with widely used revised …

Myocardial strain imaging by echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a
powerful method to diagnose cardiac disease. Strain imaging provides measures of …

There is abundant evidence of the prognostic and diagnostic value of global longitudinal
strain (GLS). However, despite multiple reports, uncertainty persists about the variance in …

Background: Most of our knowledge on training-induced cardiac remodeling is derived from
men, with the paucity of data from women representing an important gap in knowledge. The …

Background The athlete's heart is associated with physiological remodeling as a
consequence of repetitive cardiac loading. The effect of exercise training on left ventricular …

Objectives To investigate the cardiovascular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in
highly trained, otherwise healthy athletes using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging …

In recent years, the role of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) as the gold standard
parameter for the evaluation of systolic function has been questioned, and many efforts have …