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Cardiac deformation parameters and rotational mechanics by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in pre-adolescent male soccer players

Part of: Advanced Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2018

Łukasz A. Małek ,
Marzena Barczuk-Falęcka  and
Michał Brzewski
Łukasz A. Małek*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Marzena Barczuk-Falęcka
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Michał Brzewski
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
*
Author for correspondence: Ł. A. Małek, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Marymoncka 34, 00-968 Warsaw, Poland. Tel: +48 834 04 31, ext. 426; Fax: +48 834 04 31; E-mail: lukasz.malek@awf.edu.pl
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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyse whether prolonged and regular physical training in children leads to changes in myocardial systolic deformation and rotational mechanics. For that purpose, cardiac MRI feature tracking was performed retrospectively in 35 pre-adolescent male soccer players and 20 matched controls. There were no changes in global strain, but left ventricular twist and apical rotation were greater in soccer players, which adds to the features of paediatric athlete’s heart.

Keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonancefeature trackingstraintwistchildrenathlete
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2018 , pp. 882 - 884
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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