Presentation Abstract

Title: P2-191 - Morphological and Functional Cardiac Modifications in Adolescent Soccer Players
Authors: Matteo Milicia, Jr., Alice Bartolini, Niccolò Gori, Giulio Tempesti, Valentina Di Tante, Alessio De Luca, Laura Stefani, Giorgio Galanti. Sports Medicine Centre, Florence, Italy
Abstract Body: Backgound: Almost all the study on athlete’s heart have been carried out on adult players and few data about cardiac adaptations to exercise in adolescents is available. The study aims to describe the modification of cardiac morphology in adolescent athletes compared to controls. Methods: From the age of 12 to 17 years old, 40 highly trained male soccer players and 47 less trained controls, have been yearly studied by a 2 D echocardiography evaluating the Left Ventricle ( LV) systolic and diastolic dimensions, inter ventricular septum (IVS), Posterior Wall ( PW) thickness and Cardiac mass Index (CMI). This last parameter was compared to BSA value for both groups, to evaluate any possible realtionship. Results: A significant increase of all the echocardiographyc parameters in adolescent highly trained soccer players was found if compared to less trained controls(p<0,05) especially for CMI. No correlations between CMI and BSA has been discovered. Conclusion: Our data are suggestive for an early cardiac remodeling especially in highly trained athletes. Intensive training does not seem to have any influence on BSA growth while it is a decisive factor for CMI growth.


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