Key result
Long-term intense physical activity induces athlete's heart with proportional chamber dilation and reversible ventricular hypertrophy.
This review summarizes the physiological cardiovascular adaptations to intense sports, emphasizing the dynamic nature of the athlete's heart and the importance of distinguishing these normal adaptations from pathological conditions.
Requires careful differentiation of athlete's heart from pathology in athletes; leaves open need for prospective validation of reversibility thresholds.
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Tuka et al. (2020) conducted a review in Athlete's heart. Intense physical activity was evaluated. Long-term intense physical activity induces physiological cardiovascular adaptations known as athlete's heart, characterized by proportional dilation of all heart chambers and reversible ventricular wall hypertrophy.
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