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Lithuanian Atletes' Aortic Diameter

NCT03656861 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2018-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recent developments in football have seen the sudden death of young football player due to aortic rupture hence reinforcing the controversy of football as a field with substantial risk for sudden cardiac arrest and death. Moreover, there is an argument that aortic dilatation and the subsequent event of thoracic aortic aneurysm may be an occupational disease due to the nature of some vocations (i.e., military and security personnel, blue collar workers, weightlifters, athletes etc.). Of particular importance, there is some evidence that elite athletic training is associated with small but significantly larger aortic root diameter. The purpose of this study was to investigate aortic root adaptation to physical workload and to determine if aortic root's and left ventricle sizes are contingent upon the physical workload

Conditions

  • Sports Accident
  • Athletes Heart

Interventions

OTHER

Physical load

The impact of training on cardiac structure and function depends on the type, intensity and duration of the activity, as well as previous physical activity engagement, genetics and gender type. More knowledge about cardiac pathophysiologic training adaptation is needed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Renata Žumbakytė-Šermukšnienė

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Baranauskaitė Miglė

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Berškienė Kristina

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Agne Slapsinskaite

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-01
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

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