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Longitudinal Peak Systolic Strain (LPSS) and Longitudinal Velocity (LV) in athletes |
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| Medium-Apical segments |
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Basal segments |
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| rest |
HG |
rest |
HG |
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| LVcm/s |
-0.93 ± 0.5 |
-1.40 ± 0.6 |
<0.05 |
-5.00 ± 1.6 |
-5.01 ± 1.3 |
ns |
| LPSS % |
-17.31 ± 2.3 |
-24.47 ± 2.8 |
<0.05 |
-19.9 ± 4.2 |
-20.99 ± 2.8 |
ns |
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V(cm/s) Velocity ; LPSS% Longitudinal Peak Systolic Strain. In athletes myocardial strain and velocity values increase significantly in medium-apical segments during Hg | ||||||
Stefani et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008 6:14 doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-14 |
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