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Table 4 Longitudinal Peak Systolic Strain (LPSS) and Longitudinal Velocity (LV) in athletes

From: Supernormal functional reserve of apical segments in elite soccer players: an ultrasound speckle tracking handgrip stress study

Athletes

 

Medium-Apical segments

p

Basal segments

p

 

rest

HG

 

rest

HG

 

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

  1. V(cm/s) Velocity ; LPSS% Longitudinal Peak Systolic Strain. In athletes myocardial strain and velocity values increase significantly in medium-apical segments during Hg
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

ISSN: 1476-7120

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