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Article Dans Une Revue Archives of cardiovascular diseases Année : 2013

Athlete's heart patterns in elite rugby players: effects of training specificities. [Le cœur d'athlète du joueur de rugby professionnel : effets des spécificités de l'entraînement.]

Laurent Chevalier
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Gaëlle Kervio
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Luc Corneloup
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Marie-Pierre Vincent
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Christophe Baudot
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Jean-Louis Rebeyrol
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Francis Merle
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Laurent Gencel
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BACKGROUND: Athlete's heart patterns have been widely described. However, to our knowledge, few studies have focused on professional rugby players, who train differently according to their field position. AIM: To describe electrocardiographic and echocardiographic patterns observed in elite rugby players according to their field position. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-five professional rugby players at the end of the competitive season were included. RESULTS: According to a modified Pelliccia's classification, 68.1% of electrocardiograms were normal or had minor abnormalities, 27.2% were mildly abnormal and 3.7% were distinctly abnormal. Heart rate was higher in scrum first-row players (P<0.05). Absolute and indexed left ventricular end-diastolic internal diameters (LVIDd; absolute value 59.3±4.7 mm) exceeded 65 mm and 32 mm/m2 in 13% and 1.5% of players, respectively. Indexed LVIDd values were higher in back players (P<0.001). Left ventricular interventricular septum and posterior wall thicknesses (absolute values 9.4±1.7 mm and 9.2±1.6 mm, respectively) exceeded 13 mm in 3.7% of players. Concentric cardiac hypertrophy was noted in 3.7% of players. Except for one Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern, players with significant ECG or echocardiographic abnormalities showed no cardiovascular event or disease during follow-up. CONCLUSION: Thus, elite rugby players present similar heart patterns to elite athletes in other sports. Major electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities are quite rare. Eccentric cardiac remodelling is more frequent in back players.

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hal-00879517 , version 1 (04-11-2013)

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Laurent Chevalier, Gaëlle Kervio, Luc Corneloup, Marie-Pierre Vincent, Christophe Baudot, et al.. Athlete's heart patterns in elite rugby players: effects of training specificities. [Le cœur d'athlète du joueur de rugby professionnel : effets des spécificités de l'entraînement.]. Archives of cardiovascular diseases, 2013, 106 (2), pp.72-8. ⟨10.1016/j.acvd.2012.10.002⟩. ⟨hal-00879517⟩
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