Athletic Cardiac Adaptation in Males Is a Consequence of Elevated Myocyte Mass
Athletic Cardiac Adaptation in Males Is a Consequence of Elevated Myocyte Mass
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DOI:
10.1161/circimaging.115.003579
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发表时间:
2016-04-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Plein, Sven
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作者:
McDiarmid, Adam K.;Swoboda, Peter P.;Plein, Sven
Background Cardiac remodeling occurs in response to regular athletic training, and the degree of remodeling is associated with fitness. Understanding the myocardial structural changes in athlete's heart is important to develop tools that differentiate athletic from cardiomyopathic change. We hypothesized that athletic left ventricular hypertrophy is a consequence of increased myocardial cellular rather than extracellular mass as measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.Methods and Results Forty-five males (30 athletes and 15 sedentary age-matched healthy controls) underwent comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance studies, including native and postcontrast T1 mapping for extracellular volume calculation. In addition, the 30 athletes performed a maximal exercise test to assess aerobic capacity and anaerobic threshold. Participants were grouped by athleticism: untrained, low performance, and high performance (O-2max 60 mL/kg per min, respectively). In athletes, indexed cellular mass was greater in high- than low-performance athletes 60.77.5 versus 48.6 +/- 6.3 g/m(2); P