Dynamic endurance training is associated with an increased left ventricular internal
diameter and a more or less proportional increase in wall thickness. An isometric component …

Results from echocardiography have shown that left ventricular mass is larger in many
groups of athletes than in matched nonathletes. Dynamic training is associated with an …

Competitive athletics is often associated with moderate left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, and
it has been hypothesized that training mode and type of exercise modulates long-term …

The development of echocardiography in the 1970s led to the flourishing of the study of the
athlete's heart. From the earliest studies it was apparent that athletes develop enlargement …

Assessment of echocardiographic measurements in athletes should take into account the
specific sport and the quantity and quality of training. In addition, values corrected for body …

We performed echocardiographic evaluation of 20 male veteran endurance runners (mean
age 56±7 years) and compared them with a group of age-matched controls. All the runners …

We compared echocardiographic findings in female (n= 30) and male (n= 30) endurance
athletes to age‐matched female (n= 15) and male (n= 15) sedentary controls. The …

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if echocardiographic measures of
ventricular structure and function ascribed to aerobic training might be an artifact of heart …

In order to evaluate the influence of aging on cardiovascular adaptations to endurance
training and detraining, 12 young (range 19–25 years) and 12 older (range 50–65 years) …

Meta-analytical techniques were applied to selected echocardiographic reports on athlete's
heart. The combined analysis of studies In whldr competitive longdistance runners were …