Athlete's Heart Clinical Trial
Official title:
Echocardiographic Characteristics of High Endurance Israeli Athletes
The purpose of this study is to characterize the cardiac adaptive changes of professional Israeli bicyclists by using echocardiography.
Adaptive cardiac changes, such as enlargement of left ventricle mass and enlargement of left
ventricular wall was observed in athletes. The physiological limit of remodeling changes in
accordance to sex, type of activity, intensity of activity, genetics and race.
Although many studies were conducted on this subject, it is still impossible to predict if
an athlete from a certain sport will develop cardiac changes and their what will those
changes characteristics will be.
Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death among young athletes, this is because of
high physical activity in the presence of a hidden heart disease, therefore there is much
debate about the needed screening tests for athletes.
In Israel, there is only one study in this subject that showed no significant cardiac
changes in Olympic athletes of various types of sports. the study didn't focused on high
endurance sport athletes such as professional bicyclists although cardiac endurance is a
main factor in cardiac changes.
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Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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| Completed |
NCT04970758 -
Differential Diagnosis Athlete's Heart From Cardiomyopathy
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