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 (%) |
59 (5) *** |
75 (6) † † † |
64 (6) |
| ICT (msec) |
30 (8) |
33 (15) |
38 (9) |
| ET (msec) |
298 (24) * |
275 (19) |
285 (32) |
| MPI |
.30 (.08) |
.36 (.09) |
.37 (.09) |
* p < 0.05*** p < 0.001 compared with soccer players.† † p < 0.01† † † 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.
