Confounders in the Evaluation of Cardiac Fibrosis by Late Gadolinium Enhancement

• Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland) Vol. 46; no. 8; pp. 1193 - 1194
• Main Authors: Sanchis-Gomar, Fabian, Joyner, Michael J., Löllgen, Herbert, Lucia, Alejandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...