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Ethnic Differences in Left Ventricular Remodeling in Highly-Trained Athletes

Relevance to Differentiating Physiologic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy From Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Sandeep Basavarajaiah, MBBS, MRCP^_*,, Araceli Boraita, MD, Gregory Whyte, PhD, Mathew Wilson, MSc, Lorna Carby, BSc, Ajay Shah, MD, FRCP^_* and Sanjay Sharma, BSc (Hons), MD, FRCP^_*,,_*

^_* King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
University Hospital Lewisham, London, United Kingdom
Sport Medicine Center, Higher Sports Council, Madrid, Spain
Olympic Medical Institute, London, United Kingdom.

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Bar Chart Showing the Distribution of Left Ventricular Wall Thickness in Black and White Athletes A substantial minority (3%) of black athletes exhibited a left ventricular wall thickness 15 mm, compared with none of the white athletes.

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 2 LVH in Relation to Sporting Disciplines in Black and White Athletes More black athletes exhibited left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) compared with white athletes in all 6 main sporting disciplines examined. Bas = basketball; Box = boxing; LDR = long distance running; Rug = rugby; Soc = soccer; Spr = sprinting; Ten = tennis.