Authors
Joyee Basu, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Aneil Malhotra, Gemma Parry-Williams, Chris Miles, Maite Tome, Sanjay Sharma, Michael Papadakis
Publication date
2018/6/1
Source
Heart
Volume
104
Issue
Suppl 6
Pages
A62-A62
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
Description
Background
Ethnicity has emerged as a major determinant of cardiac adaptation to exercise with black athletes (BAs) exhibiting greater LV wall thickness compared with white athletes (WAs). Left ventricular (LV) geometry using relative wall thickness (RWT) and LV mass index (LVMI) has been proposed as a more accurate tool in differentiating between physiological and pathological left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes, compared to absolute LV wall thickness and cavity size. Studies have characterised LV geometry in WAs but there is a paucity of data in BAs.
Purpose
To assess the effect of black ethnicity on LV geometry in healthy male and female athletes.
Methods
A total of 512 male (mean age 21.9±4.9 years) and 128 female (mean age 21.1±4.7 years) BAs and 644 male (mean age 22.1±5.4 years) and 439 female (mean age 21.3±4.8 years) WAs underwent pre participation screening with an …
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