[PDF][PDF] Sports-specific features of athlete's heart and their relation to echocardiographic parameters

J Barbier, N Ville, G Kervio, G Walther, F Carré - Herz, 2006 - researchgate.net
Chronic physical training may induce morphological and useful functional adaptations which
affect all cardiac chambers. Morphological modifications are mainly modest and far from …

The prevalence, distribution, and clinical outcomes of electrocardiographic repolarization patterns in male athletes of African/Afro-Caribbean origin

M Papadakis, F Carre, G Kervio, J Rawlins… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Athletic training in male black athletes (BAs) is associated with marked ECG
repolarization changes that overlap with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Differentiating …

[PDF][PDF] Reliability and intensity of the six-minute walk test in healthy elderly subjects

G Kervio, F Carre, NS Ville - Medicine & Science in Sports & …, 2003 - paulogentil.com
ABSTRACT KERVIO, G., F. CARRE, and NS VILLE. Reliability and Intensity of the Six-
Minute Walk Test in Healthy Elderly Subjects. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 169 …

Increased left ventricular trabeculation in highly trained athletes: do we need more stringent criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular non-compaction in athletes?

S Gati, N Chandra, RL Bennett, M Reed, G Kervio… - Heart, 2013 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the prevalence and significance of increased left ventricular (LV)
trabeculation in highly trained athletes. Design Cross sectional echocardiographic study …

Ethnic differences in physiological cardiac adaptation to intense physical exercise in highly trained female athletes

J Rawlins, F Carré, G Kervio, M Papadakis… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Ethnicity is an important determinant of cardiovascular adaptation in athletes.
Studies in black male athletes reveal a higher prevalence of electric repolarization and left …

Impact of ethnicity upon cardiovascular adaptation in competitive athletes: relevance to preparticipation screening

M Papadakis, MG Wilson, S Ghani, G Kervio… - British journal of sports …, 2012 - bjsm.bmj.com
Regular participation in intensive physical exercise is associated with several structural and
electrophysiological cardiac adaptations that enhance diastolic filling and facilitate a …

Recognition and significance of pathological T-wave inversions in athletes

F Schnell, N Riding, R O'Hanlon, P Axel Lentz… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Pathological T-wave inversion (PTWI) is rarely observed on the ECG of
healthy athletes, whereas it is common in patients with certain cardiac diseases. All ECG …

Cardiac adaptation to exercise in adolescent athletes of African ethnicity: an emergent elite athletic population

N Sheikh, M Papadakis, F Carre, G Kervio… - British journal of sports …, 2013 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background/aims Adult black athletes (BA) exhibit left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on
echocardiography and marked ECG repolarisation changes resembling those observed in …

Comparison of low-frequency electrical myostimulation and conventional aerobic exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure

G Deley, G Kervio, B Verges… - European Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical training is recommended as an efficient therapy in patients with
chronic heart failure (CHF). Low-frequency electrical myostimulation (EMS) has recently …

Mechanical dispersion by strain echocardiography: a novel tool to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in athletes

F Schnell, D Matelot, M Daudin, G Kervio… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that global longitudinal strain (GLS) is
altered in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in comparison with athletes …