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Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes.

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Douglas, PS; O'Toole, ML; Katz, SE; Ginsburg, GS; Hiller, WD; Laird, RH
Published in: Am J Cardiol
November 15, 1997

Left ventricular wall thickness >1.3 cm, septal-to-posterior wall ratios > 1.5, diastolic left ventricular size >6.0 cm, and eccentric or concentric remodeling are rare in athletes. Values outside of these cutoffs in an athlete of any age probably represent a pathologic state.

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Am J Cardiol

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ISSN

0002-9149

Publication Date

November 15, 1997

Volume

80

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1384 / 1388

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sports
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Female
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Adult
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
 

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Douglas, P. S., O’Toole, M. L., Katz, S. E., Ginsburg, G. S., Hiller, W. D., & Laird, R. H. (1997). Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes. Am J Cardiol, 80(10), 1384–1388. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00693-0
Douglas, P. S., M. L. O’Toole, S. E. Katz, G. S. Ginsburg, W. D. Hiller, and R. H. Laird. “Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes.Am J Cardiol 80, no. 10 (November 15, 1997): 1384–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00693-0.
Douglas PS, O’Toole ML, Katz SE, Ginsburg GS, Hiller WD, Laird RH. Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 15;80(10):1384–8.
Douglas, P. S., et al. “Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes.Am J Cardiol, vol. 80, no. 10, Nov. 1997, pp. 1384–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00693-0.
Douglas PS, O’Toole ML, Katz SE, Ginsburg GS, Hiller WD, Laird RH. Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes. Am J Cardiol. 1997 Nov 15;80(10):1384–1388.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Cardiol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9149

Publication Date

November 15, 1997

Volume

80

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1384 / 1388

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sports
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
  • Humans
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Female
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Adult
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology