Differential atrial performance at rest and exercise in athletes: Potential trigger for developing atrial dysfunction?

The occurrence of atrial fi brillation in former top-level handball players above the age of 50

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Sedentary Time and Its Association With Risk for Disease Incidence, Mortality, and Hospitalization in Adults

(2015) Aviroop Biswas et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

(2015) Roberto M. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Atrial functional and geometrical remodeling in highly trained male athletes: for better or worse?

(2014) Luigi Gabrielli et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Left atrial regional phasic strain, strain rate and velocity by speckle-tracking echocardiography: normal values and effects of aging in a large group of normal subjects — Our reply

(2014) Roxana Cristina Rimbaş et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Effect of lifetime endurance training on left atrial mechanical function and on the risk of atrial fibrillation

(2013) Nicolas Brugger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Comparison of Pro-Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Versus Non-Marathon Runners

(2012) Matthias Wilhelm et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

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

Myocardial Motion and Deformation: What Does It Tell Us and How Does It Relate to Function?

(2012) B. Bijnens et al.   FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

Independent association of left atrial function with exercise capacity in patients with preserved ejection fraction

(2012) Kenya Kusunose et al.   HEART

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

Potential Adverse Cardiovascular Effects From Excessive Endurance Exercise

(2012) James H. O'Keefe et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Inflammation and atrial remodeling after a mountain marathon

(2012) M. Wilhelm et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS

Differential modulation of right ventricular strain and right atrial mechanics in mild vs. severe pressure overload

(2011) Rochus K. Voeller et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Left Atrial Dysfunction Is a Predictor of Postcoronary Artery Bypass Atrial Fibrillation: Association of Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate Assessed by Speckle Tracking

(2011) Luigi Gabrielli et al.   ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES

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

Reference Values of Right Atrial Longitudinal Strain Imaging by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking

(2011) Margherita Padeletti 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

In vivo porcine left atrial wall stress: Effect of ventricular tachypacing on spatial and temporal stress distribution

(2011) Elena S. Di Martino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Left Atrial Compression and the Mechanism of Exercise Impairment in Patients With a Large Hiatal Hernia

(2011) Christopher Naoum et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes

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

Tachycardia of atrial myocytes induces collagen expression in atrial fibroblasts through transforming growth factor  1

(2010) C.-T. Tsai et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Remodeling in a Rat Model of Long-Term Intensive Exercise Training

(2010) Begoña Benito et al.   CIRCULATION

Left Atrial Strain Measured by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Represents a New Tool to Evaluate Left Atrial Function

(2010) Roberto M. Saraiva et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Is the risk of atrial fibrillation higher in athletes than in the general population? A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2009) J. Abdulla et al.   EUROPACE

Endurance sport practice as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter

(2008) L. Mont et al.   EUROPACE

Physical activity, height, and left atrial size are independent risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation in middle-aged healthy individuals

(2008) Lluís Mont et al.   EUROPACE

Long-term endurance sport practice increases the incidence of lone atrial fibrillation in men: a follow-up study

(2008) Lluis Molina et al.   EUROPACE

Strain rate imaging for functional quantification of the left atrium: atrial deformation predicts the maintenance of sinus rhythm after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2008) C. Schneider et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Association between left atrial myocardial function and exercise capacity in patients with either idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: A two-dimensional speckle strain study

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