Key result
New echocardiographic techniques, including tissue Doppler imaging, strain rate echocardiography, and 3D echocardiography, provide valuable insights for differentiating physiological athlete's heart from pathological conditions.
Why the study?
What is the role of new echocardiographic techniques in delineating the morphological and functional properties of athlete's heart?
What is the role of new echocardiographic techniques in delineating the morphological and functional properties of athlete's heart?
Advanced echocardiographic techniques enhance the ability to differentiate physiological adaptations of the athlete's heart from pathological conditions.
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May aid differentiation in athletes with equivocal findings; extends 2D echo data but leaves open prospective validation.
'Athlete's heart' is a common term for the various adaptive changes induced by intensive exercise. Exercise causes alterations of the heart in hemodynamic response to the increased systemic and pulmonary demand during exercise. The understanding of these adaptations is of high importance, since they may overlap with those caused by pathological conditions. Cardiac imaging assessment of the athlete's heart should begin with a complete echocardiographic examination. In recent years classical echocardiographic surveys have been joined by new developments: tissue Doppler imaging, strain rate echocardiography, and real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography. This review paper focuses on the importance of these new echocardiographic techniques in delineating the morphological characteristics and functional properties of the athlete's heart.
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D’Andrea et al. (2015) conducted a review in Athlete's heart. New echocardiographic techniques (TDI, strain rate, 3D echocardiography) vs. Standard echocardiography was evaluated. New echocardiographic techniques, including tissue Doppler imaging, strain rate echocardiography, and 3D echocardiography, provide valuable insights for differentiating physiological athlete's heart from pathological conditions.
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