Markers of cardiac overload and its remodeling in athletes representing different sports

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the modern features of the «athlete’s heart» in professional football and basketball players. Materials and methods: crosssectional study of morphological and electrocardiographic features of cardiac muscle in elite athletes - football (N=45) and basketball (N=20) players was performed. The resting ECG and echocardiography were provided. Results: the age of athletes was positively correlated with progressive thickening of ventricular myocardium (r=0.29, p=0.021 for LV and r=0.48, p

Keywords

• «athlete’s heart»
• dynamic sports
• cardiac remodeling
• echocardiography
• electrocardiography