PMID: 2108631Mar 1, 1990Paper

Peripubertal longitudinal study by echocardiography of left heart development in a group of ice hockey players

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
Y MaingourdM Freville

Abstract

The modalities of left ventricular (LV) adaptation (dilatation and/or hypertrophy) to exercise are not as well known in children as in adults. Therefore, the authors followed up 11 national ice hockey players, initially aged 10, following an eight hour per week training schedule for a period of 5 years. M mode echocardiographic studies were carried out each year during the training period to measure LV internal dimensions, wall thickness, myocardial mass and contractility (fractional shortening and systolic stress index). The evolution of these parameters was evaluated (Student's test) by two year peripubertal periods (10-12 years: 12-14 years) and compared in absolute values and in rate of growth with the standardised values indexed to body surface area reported by Henry. Between 10 and 12 years of age, the LV internal dimensions (a good indicator of LV volume in healthy children) increased significantly (p less than 0.05) and LV mass increased very significantly (p less than 0.01). The LV internal dimensions were normal at the outset and remained in the upper limits of normality reported by Henry with a normal rate of growth. Myocardial mass was normal at the age of 10 and its rate of growth was also normal. Between 12 and 14...Continue Reading

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