Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges
This comprehensive review explores the role of exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in assessing cardiovascular health in athletes. Athletes often exhibit cardiovascular adaptations because of rigorous physical training, making the differentiation between physiological changes and potential pathol...
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| author | Stefano Palermi Simona Sperlongano Giulia Elena Mandoli Maria Concetta Pastore Matteo Lisi Giovanni Benfari Federica Ilardi Alessandro Malagoli Vincenzo Russo Quirino Ciampi Matteo Cameli Antonello D’Andrea |
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| description | This comprehensive review explores the role of exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in assessing cardiovascular health in athletes. Athletes often exhibit cardiovascular adaptations because of rigorous physical training, making the differentiation between physiological changes and potential pathological conditions challenging. ESE is a crucial diagnostic tool, offering detailed insights into an athlete’s cardiac function, reserve, and possible arrhythmias. This review highlights the methodology of ESE, emphasizing its significance in detecting exercise-induced anomalies and its application in distinguishing between athlete’s heart and other cardiovascular diseases. Recent advancements, such as LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and myocardial work (MW), are introduced as innovative tools for the early detection of latent cardiac dysfunctions. However, the use of ESE also subsumes limitations and possible pitfalls, particularly in interpretation and potential false results, as explained in this article. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fe790f7222046c6b366960c4fdc710b2023-12-22T14:17:25ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-12-011224767810.3390/jcm12247678Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and ChallengesStefano Palermi0Simona Sperlongano1Giulia Elena Mandoli2Maria Concetta Pastore3Matteo Lisi4Giovanni Benfari5Federica Ilardi6Alessandro Malagoli7Vincenzo Russo8Quirino Ciampi9Matteo Cameli10Antonello D’Andrea11Public Health Department, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalySection of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, 37126 Verona, ItalyDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Nephro-Cardiovascular Department, Baggiovara Hospital, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41126 Modena, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80131 Naples, ItalyCardiology Division, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, 82100 Benevento, ItalyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Cardiology, Umberto I Hospital, 84014 Nocera Inferiore, ItalyThis comprehensive review explores the role of exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) in assessing cardiovascular health in athletes. Athletes often exhibit cardiovascular adaptations because of rigorous physical training, making the differentiation between physiological changes and potential pathological conditions challenging. ESE is a crucial diagnostic tool, offering detailed insights into an athlete’s cardiac function, reserve, and possible arrhythmias. This review highlights the methodology of ESE, emphasizing its significance in detecting exercise-induced anomalies and its application in distinguishing between athlete’s heart and other cardiovascular diseases. Recent advancements, such as LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and myocardial work (MW), are introduced as innovative tools for the early detection of latent cardiac dysfunctions. However, the use of ESE also subsumes limitations and possible pitfalls, particularly in interpretation and potential false results, as explained in this article.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/24/7678exercise stress echocardiographysports cardiologyathletesathlete’s heart |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Palermi Simona Sperlongano Giulia Elena Mandoli Maria Concetta Pastore Matteo Lisi Giovanni Benfari Federica Ilardi Alessandro Malagoli Vincenzo Russo Quirino Ciampi Matteo Cameli Antonello D’Andrea Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges Journal of Clinical Medicine exercise stress echocardiography sports cardiology athletes athlete’s heart |
| title | Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges |
| title_full | Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges |
| title_short | Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Athletes: Applications, Methodology, and Challenges |
| title_sort | exercise stress echocardiography in athletes applications methodology and challenges |
| topic | exercise stress echocardiography sports cardiology athletes athlete’s heart |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/24/7678 |
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