Geert Kleinnibbelink

Acute Cardiac Responses vs. Cardiac Remodelling 3 75 Table 2. Structural and functional cardiac adaptation after 12-week hypoxic high-intensity endurance exercise training program Right heart Pre Post p-value Left heart Pre Post p-value Structure RV basal diameter (mm) 37.9±4.2 42.4±2.2 <0.001 Structure LVEDV (ml) 124±30 128±30 0.25 Index 28.0±2.5 31.4±1.8 <0.001 Index 49±8 51±7 0.11 RV mid-cavity diameter (mm) 29.0±3.9 32.3±3.8 <0.001 LVESV (ml) 51±11 51±12 0.93 Index 21.4±2.5 23.9±2.5 <0.001 Index 20±3 21±4 0.73 RVEDA (cm 2 ) 20.5±2.9 24.3±3.1 <0.001 LV mass (g) 125±24 125±29 0.97 Index 11.3±1.2 13.6±1.6 <0.001 Index 68±10 68±12 0.97 RVESA (cm 2 ) 10.9±2.0 11.9±2.0 0.09 RWT 0.35±0.05 0.35±0.04 0.94 Index 6.0±0.9 6.6±0.9 0.07 IVSd (mm) 7.8±0.8 7.6±1.2 0.42 RVOT PLAX (mm) 24.0±3.2 25.5±2.7 0.052 Index 5.7±0.4 5.6±0.8 0.47 Index 17.8±2.6 18.9±2.4 0.045 PWd (mm) 8.3±0.9 8.3±1.0 0.77 RVOT1 PSAX (mm) 24.5±4.1 26.2±3.9 0.12 Index 6.1±0.7 6.2±0.7 0.7 Index 18.14±3.1 19.4±2.8 0.11 LVIDd (mm) 47.2±4.0 47.3±3.3 0.83 RVOT2 PSAX (mm) 16.4±2.0 17.6±1.6 0.057 Index 34.9±2.7 35.1±2.0 0.63 Index 12.1±1.7 13.1±1.2 0.051 LA diameter (mm) 29.3±3.2 31.1±3.8 0.11 RA Area (cm 2 ) 15.0±2.6 16.5±2.9 0.038 Index 21.7±2.3 23.1±3.1 0.095 Index 8.2±1.5 9.0±1.3 0.02 LA volume (ml) 36.9±7.5 41.9±10.7 0.04 Index 14.9±3.1 16.9±3.1 0.014