Discrimination between physiologic and pathologic left ventricular dilatation

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 109; no. 2; pp. 288 - 290
• Main Authors: Kasikcioglu, Hulya Akhan, Kasikcioglu, Erdem, Oflaz, Huseyin, Unal, Sennur, Topcu, Berrin, Tartan, Zeynep, Arslan, Armagan, Cam, Nese, Kayserilioglu, Abidin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 10.05.2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Athlete's heart; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Diastole; Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Electrocardiography; Heart; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies; Physical Endurance; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sports; Systole; Tissue Doppler; Vasodilation; Ventricular Function, Left; Athlete's heart; Echocardiography; Cardiomyopathy; Tissue Doppler; Sonography; Doppler ultrasound study; Tissue doppler; Tissue Doppler: Echocardiography; Cardiovascular disease; Athlete; Athlete's heartl; Myocardial disease; Phlebology; Left ventricle; Sport; Discrimination; Dilatation; Heart disease; Circulatory system; Cardiology
• ISSN: 0167-5273; 1874-1754
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.027

The identification of certain cardiovascular disease in athletes may constitute the basis for disqualification from competition in an effort to minimize the risk of sudden cardiac death. The aim of this study was to assess diastolic and systolic parameters measured by tissue Doppler imaging in endurance veteran athletes who had prominent cardiac dilatation and patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in order to determine whether these variables might differentiate each other.