The athletic heart: prevalence and physiological significance of left ventricular enlargement in distance runners
WJ Raskoff, S Goldman, K Cohn - JAmA, 1976 - jamanetwork.com
To evaluate the prevalence and importance of" physiological" left ventricular hypertrophy
(LVH) in athletes, 30 marathon runners were studied. Electrocardiographic evidence of LVH,
present in 24 subjects, was associated with concomitant echocardiographic evidence of a
thickened left ventricular (LV) posterior wall in five, with an enlarged end-diastolic LV
diameter in three, as well as with roentgenographic evidence of cardiomegaly in three
subjects. Echocardiographic evidence of superior LV function was noted in six. Maximal …
(LVH) in athletes, 30 marathon runners were studied. Electrocardiographic evidence of LVH,
present in 24 subjects, was associated with concomitant echocardiographic evidence of a
thickened left ventricular (LV) posterior wall in five, with an enlarged end-diastolic LV
diameter in three, as well as with roentgenographic evidence of cardiomegaly in three
subjects. Echocardiographic evidence of superior LV function was noted in six. Maximal …
