Novel echocardiographic techniques for the evaluation of athletes’ heart: A focus on speckle-tracking echocardiography

Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

(2017) Sergio Mondillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE

Morphological and Functional Adaptation of Left and Right Atria Induced by Training in Highly Trained Female Athletes

(2014) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Predominance of normal left ventricular geometry in the male ‘athlete's heart’

(2014) Victor Utomi et al.   HEART

Nonsymmetric Myocardial Contribution to Supranormal Right Ventricular Function in the Athlete's Heart: Combined Assessment by Speckle Tracking and Real Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

(2013) Roberta Esposito et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Analysis of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Functions of Young Elite Athletes with Eccentric and Concentric Type of Cardiac Remodeling

(2013) Ziya Simsek et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Right Atrial and Ventricular Adaptations to Training in Male Caucasian Athletes: An Echocardiographic Study

(2013) Efstathios D. Pagourelias et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Dynamic changes in left ventricular mass and in fat-free mass in top-level athletes during the competitive season

(2013) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Speckle echocardiographic left atrial strain and stiffness index as predictors of maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: a prospective study

(2012) Amir Y Shaikh et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Exercise Response in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

(2012) Camille Soullier et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Assessment of Left Atrial Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Athlete's Heart: A Left Atrial Myocardial Deformation Study

(2012) Luigi Gabrielli et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Characterization of right atrial function and dimension in top-level athletes: a speckle tracking study

(2012) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Left Atrial Remodelling in Competitive Adolescent Soccer Players

(2012) F. D’Ascenzi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Early Detection of Regional Functional Abnormalities in Asymptomatic ARVD/C Gene Carriers

(2012) Arco J. Teske et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Dilatation and Dysfunction of the Right Ventricle Immediately After Ultraendurance Exercise

(2011) David Oxborough et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Supernormal Diastolic Function and Role of Left Atrial Myocardial Deformation Analysis by 2D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Elite Soccer Players

(2011) Flavio D’Ascenzi et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

Exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction and structural remodelling in endurance athletes

(2011) André La Gerche et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Determinants of echocardiographic left atrial volume: implications for normalcy

(2011) S. Nistri et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography

(2011) V. Mor-Avi et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Left Atrial Stiffness Relates to Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction and Recurrence After Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) TOMOKO MACHINO-OHTSUKA et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

A prospective randomised longitudinal MRI study of left ventricular adaptation to endurance and resistance exercise training in humans

(2011) Angela L. Spence et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

A Suggested Roadmap for Cardiovascular Ultrasound Research for the Future

(2011) Sanjiv Kaul et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

The Right Ventricle of the Endurance Athlete: The Relationship between Morphology and Deformation

(2011) David Oxborough et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Exercise Strain Rate Imaging Demonstrates Normal Right Ventricular Contractile Reserve and Clarifies Ambiguous Resting Measures in Endurance Athletes

(2011) André La Gerche et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes

(2010) Antonello D'Andrea et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Right ventricular function by strain echocardiography

(2010) Andre La Gerche et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

Two-dimensional strain analysis of the global and regional myocardial function for the differentiation of pathologic and physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy: a study in athletes and in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

(2010) T. Butz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Influence of left-ventricular shape on passive filling properties and end-diastolic fiber stress and strain

(2010) H.F. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Left Atrial Dysfunction as a Correlate of Heart Failure Symptoms in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

(2010) Monica Roşca et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Differences of Myocardial Systolic Deformation and Correlates of Diastolic Function in Competitive Rowers and Young Hypertensives: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study

(2010) Maurizio Galderisi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

The Impact of Endurance Exercise Training on Left Ventricular Torsion

(2010) Rory B. Weiner et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Real-time evaluation of longitudinal peak systolic strain (speckle tracking measurement) in left and right ventricles of athletes

(2009) Laura Stefani et al.   Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Left Atrial Function in Diastolic Heart Failure

(2009) Mustafa Kurt et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Adaptative or maladaptative hypertrophy, different spatial distribution of myocardial contraction

(2009) Francesco Cappelli et al.   CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING

Echocardiographic tissue deformation imaging of right ventricular systolic function in endurance athletes

(2009) A. J. Teske et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Structure and anatomy of the aortic root

(2009) S. Y. Ho   European Journal of Echocardiography

Selective echocardiographic analysis of epicardial and endocardial left ventricular rotational mechanics in an animal model of pericardial adhesions

(2009) M. S. Alharthi et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes

(2009) J. Rawlins et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Left ventricular torsion and untwisting during exercise in heart transplant recipients

(2009) Ben T. Esch et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Velocity Vector Imaging in the Measurement of Left Ventricular Twist Mechanics: Head-to-Head One Way Comparison Between Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Velocity Vector Imaging

(2009) Dae-Hee Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Echocardiographic Tissue Deformation Imaging Quantifies Abnormal Regional Right Ventricular Function in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy

(2009) Arco J. Teske et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Quantification of Left Ventricular Twisting Mechanics by Velocity Vector Imaging in an Animal Model of Pericardial Adhesions

(2009) Panupong Jiamsripong et al.   ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Differences and similarities between arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and athlete's heart adaptations

(2008) B Bauce et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Evaluation of left atrial longitudinal function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a tissue Doppler imaging and two-dimensional strain study

(2008) I A Paraskevaidis et al.   HEART

Alteration in left ventricular normal and shear strains evaluated by 2D-strain echocardiography in the athlete's heart

(2008) S. Nottin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Augmentation of Left Ventricular Torsion with Exercise is Attenuated with Age

(2007) Andrew T. Burns et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY