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  • Left Ventricular, Left Atri...
    Zimmermann, Paul; Eckstein, Max L; Moser, Othmar; Schöffl, Isabelle; Zimmermann, Lukas; Schöffl, Volker

    International journal of environmental research and public health, 10/2022, Letnik: 19, Številka: 20
    Journal Article

    Eleven world elite ski-mountaineering (Ski-Mo) athletes were evaluated for pronounced echocardiographic physiological remodeling as the primary aim of our feasibility speckle tracking study. In this context, sports-related cardiac remodeling was analyzed by performing two-dimensional echocardiography, including speckle tracking analysis of the left atrium (LA), right ventricle (RV) and left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) at rest and post-peak performance. The feasibility echocardiographic speckle tracking analysis was performed on eleven elite Ski-Mo athletes, which were obtained in 2022 during the annual medical examination. The obtained data of the professional Ski-Mo athletes (11 athletes, age: 18-26 years) were compared for different echocardiographic parameters at rest and post-exercise. Significant differences were found for LV-GLS mean ( = 0.0036) and phasic LA conduit strain pattern at rest and post-exercise ( = 0.0033). Furthermore, negative correlation between LV mass and LV-GLS ( = 0.0195, r = -0.69) and LV mass Index and LV-GLS ( = 0.0253, r = -0.66) at rest were elucidated. This descriptive reporting provided, for the first time, a sport-specific dynamic remodeling of an entire elite national team of the Ski-Mo athlete's left heart and elucidated differences in the dynamic deformation pattern of the left heart.