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Table 3 Echocardiographic findings in athletes with abnormal and normal ET results

From: The influence of LV geometry on the occurrence of abnormal exercise tests in athletes

 

Abnormal ET results (n = 73)

Normal ET results (n = 73)

P-value

LV mass (g)

161.9 ± 39.0

166.9 ± 42.1

0.461

LV mass/BSA (g.m− 2)

82.1 ± 18.0

84.2 ± 19.9

0.501

LVEDD (mm)

48.4 ± 4.4

51.0 ± 5.3

0.002*

IVSd (mm)

9.7 ± 1.8

9.0 ± 1.7

0.014*

PWTd (mm)

9.1 ± 1.4

9.0 ± 1.4

0.718

LVESD (mm)

32.3 ± 2.7

34.1 ± 4.4

0.005*

ESWS (g.cm− 2)

66.7 ± 16.3

81.8 ± 26.3

< 0.001*

IVSd/PWTd ratio

1.08 ± 0.20

1.00 ± 0.12

0.011*

RWT

0.38 ± 0.06

0.36 ± 0.06

0.044*

MV max flow E (m.s− 1)

0.694 ± 0.160

0.724 ± 0.160

0.281

MV DT E (ms)

225.14 ± 55.08

199.96 ± 34.65

0.003*

MV max flow A (m.s− 1)

0.591 ± 0.143

0.584 ± 0.111

0.762

E/A ratio

1.22 ± 0.33

1.28 ± 0.36

0.363

E/E’ septal ratio

7.73 ± 1.91

7.69 ± 1.62

0.904

E/E’ lateral ratio

5.68 ± 1.58

5.77 ± 1.64

0.936

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. ET exercise testing, LV left ventricular, LVEDD left ventricular end diastolic diameter, IVSd interventricular septal wall thickness at diastole, PWTd posterior wall thickness at diastole, RWT relative wall thickness, MV max flow E, maximal early ventricular filling velocity, MV DT E deceleration time of the early filling velocity, MV max flow A maximal late ventricular filling velocity, E’ septal diastolic peak velocity of the mitral annulus measured at the interventricular septum, E’ lateral diastolic peak velocity of the mitral annulus measured lateral
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