학술논문
Left ventricular diastolic function in elite athletes with physiologic cardiac hypertrophy
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of the American College of Cardiology; September 1985, Vol. 6 Issue: 3 p545-549, 5p
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ISSN
07351097; 15583597
Abstract
Left ventricular hypertrophy due to aortic stenosis, hypertension and other forms of heart disease is associated with abnormalities of diastolic function. It is uncertain whether these changes are an inherent consequence of the hypertrophic process or represent additional pathologic factors. To investigate this issue, echocardiographic indexes of left ventricular early diastolic function in highly trained athletes were compared with those in age-matched normal control subjects. Athletes were equally classified into two groups: 11 swimmers who had a pattern of myocardial hypertrophy with normal wall thickness to dimension ratio and 11 power lifters whose wall thickness to dimension ratio was increased.