“Athlete's heart” is a spectrum of morphological, functional, and regulatory changes that
occur in people who practice regular and long-term intense physical activity. The …

“Athlete's heart” is a spectrum of morphological and functional changes which occur in the
heart of people who practice physical activity. When athlete's heart occurs with its most …

Premature deaths in bodybuilders regularly make headlines and are cited as evidence that
bodybuilding is a dangerous activity. A wealth of research has revealed elite athletes …

Over the last decades, interest toward athlete's heart has progressively increased, leading to
improve the knowledge on exercise-induced heart modifications. Sport may act as a trigger …

Left ventricular (LV) remodeling is a dynamic process, which is characterized by changes in
ventricular size, shape, and wall thickness, thus altering myocardial geometry and function …

Background: The heart's electrical activity has been the subject of numerous research
concerning various physiological parameters. The frontal QRS-T angle (FQRST) is an …

Cardiomyopathy is a group of heterogeneous cardiac diseases that impair systolic and
diastolic function, and can induce chronic heart failure and sudden cardiac death …

Three-dimensional angle between the QRS complex and T wave vectors is a known
powerful cardiovascular risk predictor. Nevertheless, several physiological properties of the …

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with adverse clinical outcomes and
implicates clinical decision-making. The aim of our study was to assess the importance of …

Aims: To compare (1) conventional left ventricular (LV) functional parameters,(2) LV peak
strain and strain rate and (3) LV temporal strain and strain rate curves in age, ethnicity and …