Geert Kleinnibbelink

Cardiac Remodelling in Olympic Athletes 4 99 All rowers (n=27) T-test Male (n=19) Female (n=8) ANOVA Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Mean±SD Mean±SD P-value Mean±SD Mean±SD Mean±SD Mean±SD Time Gender Time* Gender Left Atrium LA diameter, mm 35±5 37±5 0.001 37±5 38±5 31±4 35±3 <0.001 0.02 0.07 index 24±3 26±3 0.003 25±3 22±3 26±3 25±2 0.001 0.13 0.08 LA volume, ml 59±15 65±18 0.01 60±17 68±20 55±9 59±10 0.03 0.34 0.61 index 19±4 21±5 0.01 18±4 21±5 21±3 22±4 0.03 0.26 0.85 LA longitudinal strain, % 57±19 53±12 0.19 56±22 52±13 61±12 57±11 0.23 0.41 0.92 Data are expressed as means±SD. AoV, aortic valve; ED, Early diastole; EDslope, Early linear slope during first 5% of volume increase in diastole; ESslope, Early linear slope during first 5% of volume ejection in systole; IVSd, Interventricular septum thickness at end-diastole; LA, Left atrium; LD, Late Diastole; LDslope, Late linear slope during last 5% of volume increase in diastole; LV, Left ventricle; LVIDd, Left ventricle internal diameter at end-diastole; LVM, Left ventricle mass; PLAX, Parasternal long axis; PSAX, Parasternal short axis; PWd, Posterior wall thickness at end-diastole; Sslope, Linear slope of the strain-volume loop during systole; TDI, Tissue doppler imaging. Level of significance P-value < 0.05. Table 1. (Continued)