Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in Olympic athletes: a myocardial deformation analysis
Authors' conclusion
Endurance athletes showed the lowest LV-GLS values being significantly different vs. skill and sedentary controls. No other significant differences in myocardial deformation parameters between sports categories were found, but only based on sex.
Study context
- Population
- Olympic athletes with normal CV evaluation undergoing non-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)300 athletes · 42 controls
- Exposure
- Olympic athletes by ESC sports category and sex vs sedentary controls
- Sedentary controlsn = 42reference
- Outcome
- CMR feature-tracking myocardial deformation (LV-GLS, LV-GCS, RV-GLS)
Methodological detailsage- and sex-matched controls
- Age- and sex-matched controls
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Myocardial deformation (CMR-FT strain)
- Athletes slightly lower LV-GCS than sedentary controls
- P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Bi-ventricular EF, athletes vs sedentary controls
- Athletes slightly lower bi-ventricular EF
- P < 0.001
Bi-ventricular GLS by sex
- Female athletes higher LV- and RV-GLS than males
- P < 0.001
- 58% male
Original publication
Cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in Olympic athletes: a myocardial deformation analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 6 February 2025. doi:10.
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