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Exercise cardiac imaging to study right ventricular functional remodelling in athletes with and without ventricular arrhythmias [ 2011 - 2014 ]

Also known as: Imaging of the right side of athletes' hearts to detect potential causes of heart rhythm disturbances

Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Managed by The University of Melbourne
Managed by University of Melbourne
Provided by   National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Grant

[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1013751]

Researchers: A/Pr Andre La Gerche (Principal investigator)

Brief description Extreme exercise results in heart remodelling for which the long-term consequences are incompletely understood. We have described transient reductions in heart function following endurance sport. However, we have also described a group of athletes with serious heart rhythm problems and sustained right heart abnormalities. Therefore, we hypothesize that extreme exercise can cause potentially serious heart changes in some athletes and that detailed heart assessment during exercise will predict those at greatest risk.

Funding Amount $AUD 392,587.07

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes Neil Hamilton Fairley Clinical ECF

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Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology | Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) | Medical and Health Sciences | arrhythmia | cardiac electrophysiology | cardiac function | exercise | exercise physiology | pulmonary hypertension | sports medicine |
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