Non-specific myocardial fibrosis in young competitive athletes: clinical significance and risk prediction by a powerful machine learning-based model.

Background: Non-specific myocardial fibrosis (NSMF) is a heterogeneous entity. We aimed to evaluate young athletes with and without NSMF to establish potentially clinically significance.

Methods: We analysed data from 328 young athletes.

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Electrocardiographic Complete Right Bundle Branch Block in Young Individuals.

Background And Aims: There is limited information on the clinical significance of complete right bundle branch block (CRBBB) in young individuals. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and significance of CRBBB in a large cohort of young individuals aged 14-35 years old.

Methods: From 2008 to 2018, 104,369 consecutive individuals underwent a cardiovascular assessment with a health questionnaire, electrocardiogram, clinical consultation, and selective echocardiography.

Coronary artery anomalies and the role of echocardiography in pre-participation screening of athletes: a practical guide.

Transthoracic echocardiography is an essential and widely available diagnostic tool for assessing individuals reporting cardiovascular symptoms, monitoring those with established cardiac conditions and for preparticipation screening of athletes. While its use is well-defined in hospital and clinic settings, echocardiography is increasingly being utilised in the community, including in the rapidly expanding sub-speciality of sports cardiology. There is, however, a knowledge and practical gap in the challenging area of the assessment of coronary artery anomalies, which is an important cause of sudden cardiac death, often in asymptomatic athletic individuals.

An Athlete With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Dilatation: A Clinical Conundrum.

The physiologic cardiac adaptations caused by intensive exercise and the pathophysiologic changes caused by significant regurgitant valvular lesions can be challenging to differentiate. We describe the clinical course of an asymptomatic 31-year-old elite triathlete with a moderately regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve and severe left ventricular and aortic dilatation. ().