Aortic Stiffness and Distensibility in Top-Level Athletes - D’Andrea, Antonello; Cocchia, Rosangela; Riegler, Lucia; Salerno, Gemma; Scarafile, Raffaella; Citro, Rodolfo; Vriz, Olga; Limongelli, Giuseppe; Di Salvo, Giovanni; Caso, Pio; Bossone, Eduardo; Calabrò, Raffaele; et al. (Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2012)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Thoracic - pathology; Aortic root; Aortic stiffness; Athletes - statistics & numerical data; Athlete’s heart; Blood Pressure - physiology; Cardiovascular; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Elasticity; Endurance; Female; Humans; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - physiopathology; Male; Observer Variation; Physical Endurance - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; Sinus of Valsalva - diagnostic imaging; Sinus of Valsalva - pathology; Sports - physiology; Strength; Vascular Stiffness; Young Adult; Echocardiography; AoS; LV; BP; AR; BSA; Athlete’s heart; Aortic stiffness; AoD; Aortic root; Endurance; Strength; ESSc; Diastolic aortic diameter; Circumferential end-systolic stress; Systolic aortic diameter; Left ventricular; Blood pressure; Body surface area