Athlete's heart in a Brazilian paralympic judo team. Case series study
São Paulo med. j
; São Paulo med. j;136(2): 136-139, Mar.-Apr. 2018. tab
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND:
Athlete's heart is a term describing the cardiovascular effects of long-term conditioning among highly trained athletes. It is a variation of normal standards. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
Case series study at the cardiology division of a public university hospital.METHODS:
We studied 14 visually handicapped paralympic athletes (8 men) in the national judo team. They were 26.3 ± 6.4 years old, with body mass index 25 ± 14, and had been practicing judo for 9.2 ± 7.9 years. Clinical evaluations, electrocardiograms, exercise testing and echocardiograms were performed by independent observers.RESULTS:
Signs of athlete's heart were found in all athletes, comprising left ventricular hypertrophy (5 cases), sinus bradycardia (5), T-wave juvenile pattern (3), T wave juvenile pattern (3), left atrial hypertrophy (2) and increased left ventricular volume (9 cases; 62.22 ± 6.46 ml/m2). There were very strong correlations between left ventricular mass/body surface and endurance time (r 0.91) and estimated peak oxygen uptake (r 0.8). The correlations between left ventricular internal diastolic dimension and endurance time (r 0.91) and estimated peak oxygen uptake (r 0.8) were strong. Despite increased left ventricular dimensions (4 cases), atrial dimensions (1) and relative wall thickness (4), all athletes had normal left ventricular mass/body surface (89.98 ± 21.93 g/m²). The exercise testing was normal exercise duration 706 ± 45 seconds and estimated peak oxygen uptake 62.70 ± 9.99 mlO2/min.CONCLUSIONS:
Signs of athlete's heart were seen frequently in the paralympic judo team. These demonstrated the presence of mild cardiac adaptations to training.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Consumo de Oxigênio
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Artes Marciais
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Cardiomegalia Induzida por Exercícios
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Assunto da revista:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
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Ginecologia
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MEDICINA
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Medicina Interna
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Obstetr¡cia
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Pediatria
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Sa£de Mental
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Sa£de P£blica
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article