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  1. Right ventricular strain rate during exercise accurately identifies male athletes with right ventricular arrhythmias

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  2. Sildenafil enhances central hemodynamic responses to exercise, but not V̇o2peak, in people with diabetes mellitus

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, July 2019, American Physiological Society

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  3. Unsupervised respiratory signal extraction from ungated cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at rest and during exercise

    Article • Physics in Medicine and Biology, March 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  4. Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  5. Determinants of exercise intolerance in breast cancer patients prior to anthracycline chemotherapy

    Article • Physiological Reports, January 2019, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  6. Sudden Death and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes: Screening, De-Training and the Role of Catheter Ablation

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  7. Exercise as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the prevention of cardiovascular dysfunction in breast cancer patients

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, October 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  8. Drugs in Sport — A Change is Needed, but What?

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  9. Sports Cardiology – A Bona Fide Sub-Specialty

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  10. Sports Cardiology – Example Illustrative Cases

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  11. Exercise capacity in diabetes mellitus is predicted by activity status and cardiac size rather than cardiac function: a case control study

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  12. Diagnosis and Significance of Pulmonary Microvascular Disease in Diabetes

    Article • Diabetes Care, January 2018, American Diabetes Association

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  13. State of the Art Review: Atrial Fibrillation in Athletes

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  14. Safety Concerns regarding article: Reliability and Validity of a Self-paced Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in Post-MI Patients. L. A. Jenkins, A. Mauger, J. Fisher, J. Hopker. Int J Sports Med 2017; 38: 300–306.

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, July 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  15. Pulmonary Vascular Function During Exercise

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, March 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  16. International Recommendations for Electrocardiographic Interpretation in Athletes

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  17. Right ventricular and pulmonary vascular reserve in asymptomatic BMPR2 mutation carriers

    Article • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  18. Cardiovascular Effects of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

    Article • Circulation, December 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  19. Right ventricular dilatation and function

    Article • December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  20. Increased Flow, Dam Walls, and Upstream Pressure

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  21. Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC. Endorsed by APHRS, HRS, and SOLAECE

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  22. Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC. Endorsed by APHRS, HRS, and SOLAECE

    Article • EP Europace, November 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  23. Sports Cardiology

    Article • Cardiology Clinics, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  24. A Modern Definition of the Athlete’s Heart—for Research and the Clinic

    Article • Cardiology Clinics, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  25. Sports Cardiology: Comprehensive Clinical Care for Athletes and Highly Active Individuals

    Article • Cardiology Clinics, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  26. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation

    Article • October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  27. Letter by Heidbuchel et al Regarding Article, “Right and Left Ventricular Function and Mass in Male Elite Master Athletes: A Controlled Contrast-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study”

    Article • Circulation, October 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  28. Stressing the right ventricular-pulmonary vascular unit: beyond pulmonary vascular resistance

    Article • Heart, October 2016, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  29. Effect of Experience and Training on the Concordance and Precision of Strain Measurements

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Kazuaki Negishi, Professor Andre La Gerche

  30. Acute effect of static exercise in patients with aortic regurgitation assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: role of left ventricular remodelling

    Article • European Radiology, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  31. Exercise-induced cardiac fatigue: the need for speed

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, June 2016, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  32. Insulin pump basal adjustment for exercise in type 1 diabetes: a randomised crossover study

    Article • Diabetologia, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  33. Accuracy of Echocardiography to Evaluate Pulmonary Vascular and RV Function During Exercise

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  34. The Potential Cardiotoxic Effects of Exercise

    Article • Canadian Journal of Cardiology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  35. Exercise-induced pulmonary oedema in endurance triathletes

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  36. Let's keep running… exercise, basic science and the knowledge gaps

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2016, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  37. Effect of respiration on cardiac filling at rest and during exercise in Fontan patients: A clinical and computational modeling study

    Article • IJC Heart & Vasculature, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  38. Understanding the Mechanism of T-Wave Inversion in Athletes May Be Key to Best Management

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  39. T-wave subtleties in screened athletes: sharpening the lead or whittling the pencil away?

    Article • European Heart Journal, November 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  40. Reply to Sanchis-Gomar et al.—Undeniable Benefits of Exercise Should Not Preclude Inquiry Into the Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Athletes

    Article • Canadian Journal of Cardiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  41. Young Women With Abdominal Obesity Have Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction

    Article • Canadian Journal of Cardiology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  42. Subepicardial delayed gadolinium enhancement in asymptomatic athletes: let sleeping dogs lie?

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, July 2015, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  43. Relationship between Inflammatory Cytokines and Indices of Cardiac Dysfunction following Intense Endurance Exercise

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr Warrick J Inder, Professor Andre La Gerche

  44. Exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction is associated with ventricular arrhythmias in endurance athletes

    Article • European Heart Journal, June 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  45. Abnormal right ventricular relaxation in pulmonary hypertension

    Article • Pulmonary Circulation, June 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  46. Correction

    Article • June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  47. Right ventricular suction: an important determinant of cardiac performance

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, May 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  48. Signs of RV overload on the athlete’s ECG

    Article • Journal of Electrocardiology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  49. Physiologic and pathophysiologic changes in the right heart in highly trained athletes

    Article • Herz, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  50. Is Exercise Good for the Right Ventricle? Concepts for Health and Disease

    Article • Canadian Journal of Cardiology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  51. Pulmonary Vascular and Right Ventricular Reserve in Patients With Normalized Resting Hemodynamics After Pulmonary Endarterectomy

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  52. Right Precordial T-Wave Inversion in Healthy Endurance Athletes Can Be Explained by Lateral Displacement of the Cardiac Apex

    Article • March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  53. Straining the RV to Predict the Future∗

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  54. Acute effect of static exercise on the cardiovascular system: assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  55. Modest agreement in ECG interpretation limits the application of ECG screening in young athletes

    Article • Heart Rhythm, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  56. Defining the interaction between exercise and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  57. Author response

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, December 2014, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  58. Exercise and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Hypertension

    Article • American Journal of Hypertension, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  59. The right ventricle following prolonged endurance exercise: are we overlooking the more important side of the heart? A meta-analysis

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, October 2014, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  60. Fluoroscopic Ring of Pannus within a Mechanic Mitral Valve: A Novel Sign of Calcified Pannus Infiltration

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  61. Right Heart Structural and Functional Remodeling in Athletes

    Article • Echocardiography, September 2014, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  62. Can Intensive Exercise Harm the Heart?: You Can Get Too Much of a Good Thing

    Article • Circulation, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  63. Can Intensive Exercise Harm the Heart?: The Benefits of Competitive Endurance Training for Cardiovascular Structure and Function

    Article • Circulation, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  64. The response of the pulmonary circulation and right ventricle to exercise: exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction and structural remodeling in endurance athletes (2013 Grover Conference series)

    Article • Pulmonary Circulation, September 2014, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  65. Right Ventricular Fatigue Developing during Endurance Exercise

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  66. Comparison of Frequency of Significant Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Endurance Versus Nonendurance Athletes

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  67. Sildenafil Improves Exercise Hemodynamics in Fontan Patients

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, January 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  68. Interaction between respiration and right versus left ventricular volumes at rest and during exercise: a real-time cardiac magnetic resonance study

    Article • AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, January 2014, American Physiological Society

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  69. Right Ventricular Structure and Function During Exercise

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  70. The Impact of Long-Term Endurance Sports on the Right Ventricle: Evidence for Exercise-Induced Arrhythmogenic RV Cardiomyopathy

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  71. Transit of micro-bubbles through the pulmonary circulation of Thoroughbred horses during exercise

    Article • Research in Veterinary Science, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  72. Cardiac Imaging and Stress Testing Asymptomatic Athletes to Identify Those at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  73. To assess exertional breathlessness you must exert the breathless

    Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  74. Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, June 2013, MyJove Corporation

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  75. Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Gold Standard for Ventricular Volume Quantification During High-Intensity Exercise"

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, May 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  76. Reduced Right Ventricular Myocardial Strain in the Elite Athlete May Not Be a Consequence of Myocardial Damage.“Cream Masquerades as Skimmed Milk”

    Article • Echocardiography, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  77. Exercise-Induced Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

    Article • Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  78. Cardiac MRI: A New Gold Standard for Ventricular Volume Quantification During High-Intensity Exercise

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, December 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  79. Ventricular arrhythmias associated with long-term endurance sports: what is the evidence?

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, October 2012, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  80. Targeted therapies in breast cancer: are heart and vessels also being targeted?

    Article • June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kamal S Saini, Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  81. The right heart in athletes

    Article • Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  82. The right heart in athletes

    Article • Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  83. The athlete's heart

    Article • Heart, May 2012, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  84. Exercise Strain Rate Imaging Demonstrates Normal Right Ventricular Contractile Reserve and Clarifies Ambiguous Resting Measures in Endurance Athletes

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  85. Exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction and structural remodelling in endurance athletes

    Article • European Heart Journal, December 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  86. Asymmetric collimation can significantly reduce patient radiation dose during pulmonary vein isolation†

    Article • EP Europace, November 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  87. Should Pre-participation Cardiovascular Screening for Competitive Athletes be Introduced in Australia? A Timely Debate in a Sport-loving Nation

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  88. Maximal oxygen consumption is best predicted by measures of cardiac size rather than function in healthy adults

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  89. CardioPulse Articles

    Article • European Heart Journal, September 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche

  90. Efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation in athletes with atrial fibrillation

    Article • EP Europace, June 2011, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Becker Alzand, Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  91. Disproportionate Exercise Load and Remodeling of the Athlete's Right Ventricle

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, June 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Dr Warrick J Inder, Professor Andre La Gerche

  92. Long-term endurance sport is a risk factor for development of lone atrial flutter

    Article • Heart, March 2011, BMJ

    Dr Becker Alzand, Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  93. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance as Assessed by Bicycle Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Atrial Septal Defect Type Secundum

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, February 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  94. Strenuous endurance exercise: is more better for everyone? Our genes won't tell us

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, December 2010, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  95. Clinical Consequences of Intense Endurance Exercise Must Include Assessment of the Right Ventricle

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  96. Right ventricular function by strain echocardiography

    Article • Current Opinion in Cardiology, September 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  97. Lower than expected desmosomal gene mutation prevalence in endurance athletes with complex ventricular arrhythmias of right ventricular origin

    Article • Heart, June 2010, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  98. Continuing Medical Education Program inEchocardiography

    Article • Echocardiography, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  99. The echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle: what to do in 2010?

    Article • European Journal of Echocardiography, February 2010, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  100. Left ventricular strain and strain rate: characterization of the effect of load in human subjects

    Article • European Journal of Echocardiography, December 2009, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  101. The Fontan circulation: who controls cardiac output?

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  102. Left Ventricular Untwisting Is an Important Determinant of Early Diastolic Function

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, June 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  103. Athlete's Heart: The Potential for Multimodality Imaging to Address the Critical Remaining Questions

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, March 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  104. Biochemical and functional abnormalities of left and right ventricular function after ultra-endurance exercise

    Article • Heart, July 2008, BMJ

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  105. Augmentation of Left Ventricular Torsion with Exercise is Attenuated with Age

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  106. Reduced and delayed untwisting of the left ventricle in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: a study using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging

    Article • European Heart Journal, February 2008, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  107. Effect of Heart Rate on Tissue Doppler Measures of Diastolic Function

    Article • Echocardiography, August 2007, Wiley

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  108. Exercise—Is it Possible to Have Too Much of a Good Thing?

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Andre La Gerche, Professor Andre La Gerche

  109. No Evidence of Sustained Myocardial Injury Following an Ironman Distance Triathlon

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Andre La Gerche