Publications by authors named "Antonia Vaquer-Segui"
Purpose: Athlete's heart encompasses multiple physiological cardiac adaptations, although less is known at atrial level. How sex may influence the type and extent of atrial adaptations to exercise stimuli is also unknown. Our objective was to compare gender differences of echocardiographic atrial function indices in response to exercise in endurance athletes (EAs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The mechanisms underlying the high interindividual variability demonstrated for right-ventricular (RV) adaptation to exercise have not yet been identified, but different pulmonary vascular adaptations among individuals could be involved. Pulmonary transit of agitated saline (PTAS) during exercise has been demonstrated to be a good estimator of vascular reserve.
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of PTAS among endurance athletes (EAs) of both sexes and its influence on RV adaptation to exercise.
Article Synopsis
- * A study followed 141 normotensive athletes with HBPR and 141 matched athletes with normal blood pressure response (NBPR) for about 6.5 years, revealing that HBPR was significantly linked to a higher incidence of essential hypertension.
- * The findings suggest that an exaggerated blood pressure response during exercise is a strong predictor of developing hypertension in athletes, indicating they may need to monitor their blood pressure more closely.
Background: Exercise test is widespread performed in athletes to assess cardiovascular adaptations during effort; however, scarce information exists relative to the behavior of blood pressure during exercise in athletes. We sought to define the normal values and upper limits of blood pressure response to exercise in a large population of elite, healthy athletes.
Methods: A total of 1,876 healthy, normotensive elite athletes (aged 25 ± 6 years, 64% male) underwent a comprehensive clinical evaluation including maximal bicycle exercise test.