Sex as a biological variable is an underappreciated aspect of biomedical research, with its
importance emerging in more recent years. This review assesses the current understanding …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
women in developed societies. Unfavorable structural and functional adaptations within the …

Abstract Background and Aims Although extreme cardiac adaptions mirroring phenotypes of
cardiomyopathy have been observed in endurance athletes, adaptions to high levels of …

Athlete's heart (AH) represents the heart's remarkable ability to adapt structurally and
functionally to prolonged and intensive athletic training. Characterized by increased left …

Aims Detraining refers to a loss of training adaptations resulting from reductions in training
stimulus due to illness, injury, or active recovery breaks in a training cycle and is associated …

Purpose Endurance elite athletes are expected to present a cardiac remodelling,
characterized by eccentric hypertrophy (EH), may be associated with higher sportive …

Background The athlete's heart (AH) defines the phenotypical changes that occur in
response to chronic exercise training. Echocardiographic assessment of the AH is used to …

INTRODUCTION: The complex phenomenon of the athlete's heart (AH) describes the
chronic physiological structural and functional adaptation secondary to repeated exposure …

Background The influence of aerobic exercise training on cardiovascular adaptations in
healthy males versus females is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Physical activity (PA) is established as a cornerstone of cardiovascular health, however,
disparities in participation exist across sociocultural groups, which in turn impacts …