Absence of cardiac damage induced by long-term intensive endurance exercise training: A cardiac magnetic resonance and exercise echocardiography analysis in masters athletes

• Main Authors: Olivier Missenard (Author), Charline Gabaudan (Author), Helene Astier (Author), Florian Desmots (Author), Eric Garnotel (Author), Pierre-Laurent Massoure (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: It is under debate whether the long-term practice of intensive endurance exercise induces chronic cardiac damage such as myocardial fibrosis and ventricle contractile dysfunction. Multimodality analysis was performed to evaluate myocardial damage induced by long term intensive endurance...