Confounders in the Evaluation of Cardiac Fibrosis by Late Gadolinium Enhancement

To further complicate the issue, the occurrence of LGE could reflect some phenomena other than fibrosis caused by long-term exercise training per se; these include edema, inflammation, or ischemia [17, 18], as well as fibrosis due to infection or a genetic abnormality [19], especially in CAD patient...

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Published inSports medicine (Auckland) Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 1193 - 1194
Main Authors Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian, Joyner, Michael J., Löllgen, Herbert, Lucia, Alejandro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.08.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiovascular disease
Edema
Fitness training programs
Gadolinium
Humans
Ischemia
Letter to the Editor
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Marathons
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Myocardium
Sports Medicine
Late Gadolinium Enhancement
Endurance Athlete
Leave Ventricular Hypertrophy
Myocardial Fibrosis
Cardiac Fibrosis
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Summary:To further complicate the issue, the occurrence of LGE could reflect some phenomena other than fibrosis caused by long-term exercise training per se; these include edema, inflammation, or ischemia [17, 18], as well as fibrosis due to infection or a genetic abnormality [19], especially in CAD patients. [...]even when occurring, the pathophysiological significance of LGE in healthy endurance athletes is still unclear.
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ISSN:0112-1642
1179-2035
DOI:10.1007/s40279-016-0569-y