Table 3. Doppler echocardiography measurements. Data are means (±SD).

 

Basketball players
(n=12)

Soccer players
(n=20)

Controls
(n=12)

Diastolic

 

 

 

Peak E (m·s-1)

.73 (.18)

.85 (.13)

.84 (.13)

Peak A (m·s-1)

.41 (.08) *,††

.52 (.11)

.55 (.08)

E/A ratio

1.79 (.35)

1.71 (.27)

1.56 (.31)

DT (msec)

162 (26)

182 (52)

146 (33)

IVRT (msec)

90 (11)

95 (20) ††

78 (13)

Systolic

EF (%)

ICT (msec)

ET (msec)

 

 

 

59 (5) ***

75 (6) †††

64 (6)

30 (8)

33 (15)

38 (9)

298 (24) *

275 (19)

285 (32)

MPI

.30 (.08)

.36 (.09)

.37 (.09)
* p < 0.05 and *** p < 0.001 compared with soccer players.
†† p < 0.01 and ††† p < 0.001 compared with controls.
E = early passive filling of left ventricle, A = late atrial contraction filling of left ventricle, DT = deceleration time, IVRT = isovolumetric relaxation time,
EF = ejection fraction, ICT = isovolumetric contraction time, ET = ejection time and MPI = myocardial performance index.