Cardiac imaging in athlete's heart: current status and future prospects.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity contributes to changes in cardiac morphology, which are known as "athlete's heart". Therefore, these modifications can be characterized using different imaging modalities such as echocardiography, including Doppler (flow Doppler and Doppler myocardial imaging) and speckle-tracking, along with cardiac magnetic resonance, and cardiac computed tomography.

Main text

Echocardiography is the most common method for assessing cardiac structure and function in athletes due to its availability, repeatability, versatility, and low cost. It allows the measurement of parameters like left ventricular wall thickness, cavity dimensions, and mass. Left ventricular myocardial strain can be measured by tissue Doppler (using the pulse wave Doppler principle) or spec

SUBMITTER: Zholshybek N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature