Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Msc in Sports Cardiology, St. George's University of London, London, UK.
Clin Cardiol. 2020 Aug;43(8):882-888. doi: 10.1002/clc.23360. Epub 2020 Mar 19.
Several previous studies suggested that prolonged and extensive physical activity might lead to increased prevalence of myocardial fibrosis in athletes. The review summarizes these studies focusing on common patterns of myocardial fibrosis observed in athletes, their potential causes and significance. It also presents recent research on parametric imaging shedding new light on diffuse myocardial fibrosis in athletes. Finally, it reviews how these traditional and novel cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques can be incorporated in the diagnostic work up to differentiate athlete's heart from cardiomyopathies.
几项先前的研究表明，长时间和广泛的体力活动可能导致运动员心肌纤维化的患病率增加。本综述总结了这些研究，重点关注运动员中观察到的心肌纤维化的常见模式、其潜在原因和意义。它还介绍了最近关于参数成像的研究，这些研究为运动员的弥漫性心肌纤维化提供了新的见解。最后，它回顾了这些传统和新型心脏磁共振（CMR）技术如何被纳入诊断工作，以区分运动员心脏和心肌病。
