The Pro@Heart (Prospective Athlete's Heart) study is an international multicentre long-term prospective trial. The primary objective of the Pro@Heart study is to investigate the impact of training load (i.e. accurately evaluated in term of type, frequency, duration and intensity) and genotype on the variability of structural, functional and electrical exercise induced cardiac remodeling (EICR) in young competitive endurance athletes. The second objective is to determine how EICR, training load and genotype are associated with physical performance, health benefits and cardiac pathology (e.g. exercise-related cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias) during follow-up over several decades.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
450
No intervention
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
RECRUITINGUZ Antwerpen
Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium
RECRUITINGJessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt
Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium
RECRUITINGUZ Leuven
Leuven, Vlaams Brabants, Belgium
RECRUITINGGenotype
Rare and common variants in cardiomyopathy associated genes
Time frame: Baseline
Training load
Duration and intensity of training
Time frame: Baseline to 20 years
Atrial fibrillation
Time frame: Baseline to 20 years
Ventricular arrhythmias
Ventricular ectopic beats, non-sustained and sustained ventricular tachycardia
Time frame: Baseline to 20 years
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