Echocardiography of the young athlete: Where are the limits? 24 èmes Journées Européennes de la Société Française de cardiologie 15-18 janvier 2014 Sylvain GUERARD LYON-BRON
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You said athlete? Training 6-8h/week; > 6 month; > 60% VO2 max No symptom and powerful VO2 > 150% Fagard R. Heart 2003
Athlete s Heart Pluim BM et al, Circulation, 2000, 101 : 336-44 Urhausen A et Kinderman W, Sports Med, 1999, 28(4) : 237-244 LEFT VENTRICULAR DILATATION LVWT : +2 to 3 mm LVED: +3 to 6 mm LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
LVED > 60 mm? 442 athletes, 13 sports 5.8% > 60 mm (max 65 mm) in males 0 % > 60 mm in females Whyle GP Eur. J. App. Physiol. 2004;92:592 1309 athletes 38 sports LVEDD 55 mm (43-70) males vs 48 mm (38-66) females 14% > 60 mm Pelliccia Ann Intern Med 1999;130: 3 Ultrarunners (100kms) 291 athlètes : LVEDD 61,8 ± 6,9 mm LVEDD > 70 mm: 11% Nagashima JACC 2003;42:1617 900 adolescent athletes 15,7 years (14-18) LVED 50,8 mm vs 47,9 LVEDDi 29,3 mm/m2 vs 28,3 18% 55 mm Mc KENNA Heart 2005;91:495 LVEDD index mm/m2 BSA Teenagers: 29-30, Males: 31-32, and Females: 32-33 mm/m2
Distribution of LVWT in athletes: 3500 Highly trained british athletes LVWT > 12mm in 1.5% Maximal value 16 mm Basavarajaiah S J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:1033-9 Our personal serie 200 athletes LVWT : 9.5 ± 1.5 No > 13 mm 1232 elite athletes 357 females 875 males Kervio G et al. 2008
Distribution of LVWT in athletes: the female athletes 240 nationally ranked black athletes and 200 white athletes 21 ± 4,6 years LVWT : 9,2±1,2 vs 8,6±1,2 mm (p<0.001) Only 8 black female athletes (3%) > 11mm None white > 11mm Rawlins J Circulation 2010;121:1078-1085 1000 Italian female athletes LVWT maxi :12 mm Pelliccia A, Maron BJ et al. J Am Med Assoc 1996;276:211-5
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in black athletes 300 Black athletes vs 300 White athletes 18% Basavarajaiah S J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:2256-62 3% Papadakis M Br.J.Sports Medecine 2012
Distribution of LVWT in athletes: the junior elite athletes 720 junior elite athletes vs 250 teenager 15,7 ± 1,4 years LVWT : 9,5±1,7 vs 8,4±1,4 3 males (0.4%) > 12 mm > 16 years No female > 11mm Sharma S JACC 2002;40:1431-6 107 teenagers top-level athletes 12-16 years 66 males + 41 females LVWT 8,1±1,2 mm (6-11 mm) Griffet V. Ann Card Angeiol 2013; 62: 116-121
Athlete s Heart or HCM Male athlete 15 mm white 16 mm black Female athlete 11 mm white 13 mm black teenager (12-18) 11 mm female 12 mm male Impact of extreme anthropometry +++ Riding NR B.Jr.Sports medecine 2012
Effectif Left ventricular diastolic function Hypernormal function 35 athletes (22 years) long distance competitive swimmer Ea (cm/s): 28 +/- 6 vs 16 +/- 4 cm/s Pio Caso et al.: Am J Cardiol 2002 18 highly trained rowing athletes (20,7 years) Ea (cm/s): 19,2 +/-3,8 vs 14,8 +/-3,5 cm/s S.Zoncu et al. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002 Distribution des valeurs de Ea 40 35 75% 30 25 20 94% 15 10 5 e : 18.6 ± 3.0 cm/s E/e : 5.2 ± 1.0 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Valeurs de Ea Griffet V Arch Mal Cœur Vaiss 2007;100(10):809-15
e /a and s mitral (pulsed DTI) 650 athletes 350 endurance athletes (ATE) 280 power athletes (ATP) e and a inferospetal and anterolateral sites e /a > 1 (both sites) in 100% e 16±5 cm/s (anterolateral) 14±3 cm/s (inferoseptal) e a D Andrea A. JASE 2010;23:1281 100 handball players infero-septal and antero-lateral sites e : 16,6±3,4 cm/s (anterolateral) 13,2±2,8 cm/s (inferolateral) none with s <9 cm/s and e <9 cm/s at any sites of the mitral annulus Butz T EJCVPR 2010;17:342 Pathological LV hypertrophy e (inferior or latéral) < 16 cm/s Se=100% Sp=95% s moyen (4 sites) < 9 cm/s Se=73% Sp=97% s
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2D strain: speckle tracking Regional and global longitudinal strain 20 athletes, 15 HCM and 18 controls GLS -15,2% vs -8,1% vs -16,0% Cut off -10% Se 86% Sp 95% Combination of DTI (s +e/2 ) and 2DS (GLS) cut off values Se=100% Sp=95% BUTZ Th Int.J Cardiovasc Imaging 2010;27:91-100 650 athletes (280 ATP and 370 ATE) LV GLS -17% overall, -17,2% ATP, -18,1% ATE 90% of athletes: GLS -16% s 10 cm/s, e 16 cm/s D Andrea A. JASE 2010;23:1281
Rugbyman: IVWT 13 mm, e = 9,55 cm/s, GLS= -14% 45 bodybuilders vs controls IVWT (mm) 2DS (GLS%) 25 steroids + 12,3-15 ± 5 20 steroids - 11,2-20 ± 6 25 controls 9,3-19 ± 6 D Andréa Br. J. Sport Méd.
Trabeculations or LV non compaction 1146 athletes (14-35 yrs ) vs 415 controls 63.3% males Higher prevalence of increased LV trabeculation 18.3% vs 7% 8.1% fulfilled conventional criteria of LVNC Location Apical in LV non compaction (68% vs 47%) Infero-septal in athlète (53% vs 27%) 10 (0.9%) : reduced systolic function, marked repolarisation changes No reveal adverse in follow-up during 48 month Gati S. Heart 2013
Aortic root dilatation in athletic population Pellicia A circulation 2010;122:698-706 Remodeling of the aortic root 2317 athletes 24,8±6,1 years 56% males 32,2 mm (males) vs 27,5 mm (females) 99th percentile value: 40 mm in males 34 mm in females cycling water polo swimming basketball
Left atrial volume index in highly trained athletes Diamètre TM de l OG: > 40 mm dans 17 à 20% Kervio G. et coll 2008 Pellicia A. JACC 2005 615 athletes: 370 ATE + 245 ATS (28,4±10,2 years) LA vol. index: 27,8±9,3 ml/m 2 LA diameter 34,4±5,5 mm Males: 26-36 ml/m2 vs Females: 22-33 ml/m 2 29-33 ml/m2 Independent predictors: >34ml/m2 Type and duration of training LVED volume D Andrea A. Am Heart J 2010;159:1155-61
Determinants of echocardiographic left atrial 418 healthy individuals, 41,7±15,6 years 157 competitives athletes (38%), LA vol.index : 32.2±9 ml/m2 38.9 ± 9.6 vs 28.4 ± 5.8 ml/m2 28,4±5,8 ml/m2 38,9±9,6 ml/m2 Determinants: LVEDV index LVmass index Competitive sports Age NISTRI S. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2011;12:826-833
Range of right heart measurements in top-level athletes D Andréa A. International Journal of cardiology 2013;164:48-57 650 top-level athlètes, 395 (ATE), 255 (ATS) vs 230 controls 28,4 ±10,1 years, 63% males RV and RA in ATE % ATS and controls early diastolic RV function whereas RV systolic index were comparable
RV morphology and function 430 athletes (210 STA et 220 ETA) vs 250 controls 27,4 years, 61,7% males RV 2D 3D diameter volume PAPs D Andréa A. JASE 2012;25:1268-76 RV systolic indexes # - TAPSE - DTI RV peak systolic velocity
RV in athletes or ARVC? Oxborough D JASE 2012 28% of 102 athlètes : RV outflow tract values > major criteria of ARVC RV scalled to BSA Normal Systolic Index 40% > 35 mm 57%> 42 mm Ratio RV/LV < 1,17 Speckle tracking > -15%
When suspected pathology? LV end diastolic diameter > 65 mm > 30 mm/m 2 adolescents> 31 mm/m 2 males or > 32 mm/m 2 females LVWT > 13 mm in males, 12 mm in females, 11 mm in adolescents Diastolic dysfunction E<A, e, e /a, s Aortic root diameter > 40 mm in males or > 34 mm in females LA vol. index 33 ml/m 2 Training < 8 h/week VO2 max < 110-130%