Basic science behind the cardiovascular benefits of exercise

High-intensity interval training vs. moderate-intensity continuous exercise training in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a pilot study

(2015) Siddhartha S. Angadi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Cardiac Remodeling in Response to 1 Year of Intensive Endurance Training

(2014) Armin Arbab-Zadeh et al.   CIRCULATION

Impact of Lifelong Exercise “Dose” on Left Ventricular Compliance and Distensibility

(2014) Paul S. Bhella et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effects of Low-Volume High-Intensity Interval Training (HIT) on Fitness in Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Controlled and Non-Controlled Trials

(2014) Matthew Weston et al.   SPORTS MEDICINE

High-intensity interval training in patients with lifestyle-induced cardiometabolic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) Kassia S Weston et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Adult c-kitpos Cardiac Stem Cells Are Necessary and Sufficient for Functional Cardiac Regeneration and Repair

(2013) Georgina M. Ellison et al.   CELL

Mortality of French participants in the Tour de France (1947-2012)

(2013) E. Marijon et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Systematic review and meta-analysis of training mode, imaging modality and body size influences on the morphology and function of the male athlete's heart

(2013) Victor Utomi et al.   HEART

The adult heart responds to increased workload with physiologic hypertrophy, cardiac stem cell activation, and new myocyte formation

(2012) Cheryl D. Waring et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Brachial artery adaptation to lower limb exercise training: role of shear stress

(2012) Gurpreet K. Birk et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Physical Activity for Health: What Kind? How Much? How Intense? On Top of What?

(2011) Kenneth E. Powell et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men

(2011) Duck-chul Lee et al.   CIRCULATION

Cardiac Progenitor Cell Commitment Is Inhibited by Nuclear Akt Expression

(2011) Kimberlee M. Fischer et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Vascular adaptation in athletes: is there an ‘athlete's artery’?

(2011) Daniel J. Green et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Physiological cardiac remodelling in response to endurance exercise training: cellular and molecular mechanisms

(2011) Georgina M Ellison et al.   HEART

Effects of exercise on endothelium and endothelium/smooth muscle cross talk: role of exercise-induced hemodynamics

(2011) S. C. Newcomer et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Exercise and arterial adaptation in humans: uncoupling localized and systemic effects

(2011) Nicola J. Rowley et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Diverse patterns of myocardial fibrosis in lifelong, veteran endurance athletes

(2011) M. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Endogenous Cardiac Stem Cell Activation by Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1/Hepatocyte Growth Factor Intracoronary Injection Fosters Survival and Regeneration of the Infarcted Pig Heart

(2011) Georgina M. Ellison et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Athlete's Heart vs. the Failing Heart: Can Signaling Explain the Two Distinct Outcomes?

(2011) Kate L. Weeks et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

C/EBPβ Controls Exercise-Induced Cardiac Growth and Protects against Pathological Cardiac Remodeling

(2010) Pontus Boström et al.   CELL

Exercise and vascular adaptation in asymptomatic humans

(2010) Daniel J. Green et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Shear Stress Mediates Endothelial Adaptations to Exercise Training in Humans

(2010) Toni M. Tinken et al.   HYPERTENSION

Review: Mortality trends in the general population: the importance of cardiorespiratory fitness

(2010) Duck-chul Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Molecular distinction between physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy: Experimental findings and therapeutic strategies

(2010) Bianca C. Bernardo et al.   PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Impact of inactivity and exercise on the vasculature in humans

(2009) Dick H. J. Thijssen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The role of endothelial progenitor and cardiac stem cells in the cardiovascular adaptations to age and exercise

(2009) Dick et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Echocardiography of the Right Ventricle in Athlete's Heart and Hearts of Normal Size Compared to Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Which Measurements Should be Applied in Athletes?

(2009) J. Scharhag et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Quantitative Predictor of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Men and Women

(2009) Satoru Kodama   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Evidence for Cardiomyocyte Renewal in Humans

(2009) Olaf Bergmann et al.   SCIENCE

Changes in vascular and cardiac function after prolonged strenuous exercise in humans

(2008) Ellen A. Dawson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Exercise and cardiovascular risk reduction: Time to update the rationale for exercise?

(2008) Daniel J. Green et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Time course of change in vasodilator function and capacity in response to exercise training in humans

(2008) Toni M. Tinken et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Ethnic Differences in Left Ventricular Remodeling in Highly-Trained Athletes

(2008) Sandeep Basavarajaiah et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Prevalence of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Highly Trained Athletes

(2008) Sandeep Basavarajaiah et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Receptor Signaling Is Required for Exercise-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy

(2008) Jaetaek Kim et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY