57492 20211008114731.0 doi 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.08.023 sideral 96822 ART-2016-96822 eng Sanchís-Gomar, Fabian LA Size in former elite athletes 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted A recent meta-analysis by Iskandar et al. (1) nicely showed that endurance athletes have larger left atrial (LA) diameters compared with control subjects. Yet only 9 of 54 studies included in their analysis reported LA volume values corrected for body surface area (BSA). In fact, few studies have determined LA volume in young athletes, and, to the best of our knowledge, no study has reported this variable in older athletes. This is an important question given the growing debate about the potential deleterious effects of long-term strenuous endurance exercise on the human heart, notably the higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition for which both atrial dilation and the normal aging process are thought to be potential causative mechanisms (2). Thus, we aimed to assess the long-term consequences of endurance exercise on LA volume in athletes who were highly competitive at younger ages and are still active. To this end, we compared BSA-corrected LA volumes determined with late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (LGE-MRI) in former elite endurance athletes and sedentary control subjects. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 10.189 2016 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING 1 / 125 = 0.008 2016 Q1 T1 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS 6 / 126 = 0.048 2016 Q1 T1 5.038 2016 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2016 Q1 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/other info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Garatachea, Nuria Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8374-9081 Catalán, Pilar (orcid)0000-0002-4147-6895 López-Ramón, Marta Lucia, Alejandro Serrano-Ostáriz, Enrique Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8170-9403 1006 245 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Educación Física y Depor. 9, 5 (2016), 630-632 JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 1936-878X 178803 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/57492/files/texto_completo.pdf Preprint 39318 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/57492/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Preprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:57492 articulos driver 2021-10-08-11:37:26 ARTICLE