Open AccessDisproportionate Exercise Load and Remodeling of the Athlete's Right Ventricle
Author(s) -
André La Gerche,
Hein Heidbüchel,
Andrew Burns,
D. Mooney,
Andrew J. Taylor,
Heinz Pflüger,
Warrick J. Inder,
Andrew MacIsaac,
David Prior
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e31820607a3
Subject(s) - ventricle , cardiology , medicine , stroke volume , ventricular remodeling , doppler echocardiography , cardiac magnetic resonance , magnetic resonance imaging , ejection fraction , heart failure , diastole , blood pressure , radiology
There is evolving evidence that intense exercise may place a disproportionate load on the right ventricle (RV) when compared with the left ventricle (LV) of the heart. Using a novel method of estimating end-systolic wall stress (ES-σ), we compared the RV and LV during exercise and assessed whether this influenced chronic ventricular remodeling in athletes.