A Comparative Study Among Elite Female Volleyball Players and the General Population: Are All Valvular Regurgitations Benign?
Elite female volleyball players demonstrated a higher prevalence of mitral and tricuspid valve insufficiencies compared to healthy controls. Moreover, the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter was significantly larger in athletes. However, no significant differences were observed in other echocardiographic parameters, and aortic valve insufficiency was not identified as a characteristic of the athlete's heart. Further studies are needed to provide more sport-specific data on these findings.
Authors
- Turan Çetinkaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-5300)
- Akın Torun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2791-9538)
- Amy Çinar
- Serap Sarı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8095-0951)
- Suzan Yıldız (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2528-2185)
- Batur Gönenç Kanar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5156-0302)
- Rayhana El Mounjali
Institutions
- Istanbul Bilgi University (TR)
- Bahçeşehir University (TR)
- Hungarian University of Sports Science (HU)
- Istinye University (TR)
- Istanbul University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-05-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.84344
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00