Left ventricular structure and function by echocardiography in ultraendurance athletes

The American Journal of Cardiology
P S DouglasN Reichek

Abstract

To determine left ventricular (LV) structural and functional changes induced by ultraendurance exercise training, M-mode LV echograms and Doppler recordings of LV inflow velocity in 26 triathletes and 17 normal subjects were studied. All triathletes trained 20 to 40 hours/week in swimming, cycling and running for more than 2 years. Structurally, triathletes had normal LV systolic and diastolic cavity dimensions, but increased wall thickness (1.05 +/- 0.26 vs 0.80 +/- 0.27 cm in normal subjects, p less than 0.001), increased relative wall thickness, or h/R ratio (0.41 +/- 0.10 cm vs 0.33 +/- 0.11 cm in normal subjects, p less than 0.001), and increased LV mass (226 +/- 60 vs 143 +/- 54 g in normal subjects, p less than 0.001). LV mass correlated closely with mean exercise blood pressure during an 8-hour exercise test in 14 triathletes (r = 0.88). Systolic function at rest was similar in both groups, with no differences in fractional shortening or end-systolic stress. Diastolic LV function measured by digitized M-mode echo was similar in normal subjects and triathletes, with no differences in peak rates of cavity enlargement and wall thinning by echocardiogram. In contrast, the Doppler-derived ratio of early-to-late LV inflow vel...Continue Reading

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