Normative values for sport-specific left ventricular dimensions and exercise-induced cardiac remodeling in elite Spanish male and female athletes
Key Points
- The present study, which includes data from 3282 elite white athletes (mean age 23 ± 6 years, 37.8% women) of 46 different sports, suggests that the great majority (85.4%) of these athletes have normal LV geometry.
- Although some present with LV eccentric hypertrophy (13.4%), cardiac remodeling and concentric hypertrophy seem very uncommon (each < 0.8% of total).
- Sport-specific normative values of LV dimensions in elite white adult athletes are presented along with an online and app-based calculator, which can serve to easily identify those athletes for whom a detailed examination might be recommendable.
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences |
| Tagging: | Screening |
| Published in: | Sports Medicine - Open |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-022-00510-2 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 116 |
| Pages: | 1-13 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |