Structural and functional cardiac alterations in Ironman athletes: new insights into athlete's heart remodeling

athlete's heart remodeling☆ A.M. Bernheim ⁎, M. Zuber , B. Knechtle , A. Linka , A. Faeh-Gunz , G. De Pasquale , B. Seifert , M. Pfyffer , B. Naegeli , C.H. Attenhofer Jost e,1 a Department of Cardiology, Stadtspital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland b Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland c Gesundheitszentrum, St. Gallen, Switzerland d Department of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Winterthur,Winterthur, Switzerland e Cardiovascular Center, Klinik Im Park, Zurich, Switzerland f Division of Biostatistics, ISPM, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland