This project was cooperatively executed by the Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease (German Heart Centre Munich) and the Institute of Preventive Pediatrics (Faculty of Sport and Health Science). For this study, 26 healthy children took part in the Munich TUM Triathlon competition. The athletes were investigated by different echocardiographic methods 2–4 weeks before and immediately after the race.
The full article is available in Pubmed under:
Hauser M, Petzuch K, Kühn A, Schön P, Elmenhorst J, Schönfelder M, Oberhoffer R, Vogt MO. The Munich Triathlon Heart Study: Ventricular Function, Myocardial Velocities, and Two-Dimensional Strain in Healthy Children Before and After Endurance Stress. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Sep 9.