Left ventricular morphology in elite female resistance-trained athletes

M J Haykowsky; R Gillis; A Quinney; A P Ignaszewski; C R Thompson

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00504-9

Left ventricular morphology in elite female resistance-trained athletes

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 1;82(7):912-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00504-9.

Authors

M J Haykowsky¹, R Gillis, A Quinney, A P Ignaszewski, C R Thompson

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

PMID: 9781979
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00504-9

Abstract

Long-term resistance training as performed by elite female resistance-trained athletes appears to be an insufficient stimulus to alter left ventricular cavity size, wall thickness, or estimated mass.

MeSH terms

Adult
Case-Control Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology*
Valsalva Maneuver
Weight Lifting / physiology*