International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences
Int. j. adv. appl. sci.
EISSN: 2313-3724
Print ISSN: 2313-626X
Volume 4, Issue 5 (May 2017), Pages: 109-111
Title: Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes
Author(s): Bahaaedin A. Elkhader *, Abdullah O. Alamoudi
Affiliation(s):
Department of Radiological Science and Medical Imaging, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.05.019
Abstract:
Competitor's heart is a set of constructions and physiological alteration that correlate to a long period of sport. The lack of reference to this status may lead to be classified as a disease, this study intended to evaluate morphological and functional changes in left ventricular in male athletes. One hundred and thirty-one intact participants between 15-33 years were involved in this research, 31 of them act as a control subject, echocardiographic scan was done to find left ventricular internal end- diastolic dimension, interventricular septal wall thickness, left ventricular posterior wall thickness, relative wall thickness, left ventricular mass and ejection fraction for two groups of athletes (aerobic & anaerobic) and non-sports group (control), analysis was conducted using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Athlete’s average parameters were higher than those of the control were; end diastolic dimension (51.5±4.8mm versus 48.0±4.4mm), interventricular septal wall thickness (9.7±1.05mm versus 8.4±0.9mm), posterior wall thickness (9.5±0.85mm versus 8.4±0.6mm), relative wall thickness (0.40 ±0.08mmversus 0.35±0.05mm), left ventricular mass (191.1±37.2g versus 141.1±36.4g) and ejection fraction (70.6±5.3 versus 66.5±4.5). There was a significant difference between athletes and the control participants concern to all measurements. Results of the study are compatible with earlier findings; this data will be benefit into medical evaluation purpose in the sporty society.
© 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Sport, Structural changes, Dimensions
Article History: Received 9 February 2017, Received in revised form 23 March 2017, Accepted 26 March 2017
Digital Object Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.05.019
Citation:
Elkhader A and Alamoudi AO (2017). Assessment of the left ventricle in adult athletes. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(5): 109-111
http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V4I5/Elkhader.html
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