Compare of Structural and Functional Changes in Athletes, Hypertensive Patients and Healthy Sedentary Control Subjects

• Main Authors: Vatan Kavak, Zuhal Arıtürk, Kenan İltümür, İsmail Hamdi Kara, Sait Alan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2006-01-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: Athletes; Hypertensive Patient; Sedentary Person; Doppler ECHO
• Online Access: http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=888017

To asses cardiac structure and function in athletes, hypertensive patients and healthy sedentary control subjects by Doppler-echocardiographyOne hundred athletes, 45 hypertensive patients and 45 healthy sedentary control subjects volunteered to take part in the study, cardiac dimensions and function were determined by 2-D Doppler –echocardiography and were compared by One Way Anova test.There was not any significant relation in interventriculer septal thickness (IVST) between athletes and hypertensive patients (0,89±0.11-0,87±0.15). But there was a significant increase in athletes compared with sedentary subjects (0,89±0.11-0,77±0.14).there was a significant relation in deceleration time (DT) and in ratio of peak mitral velocity to mitral flow velocity at the time of atrial contraction (mEv/mAv) which is important for diastolic function compared three group (patients group has in favour of diastolic dysfunction, the other groups has normal limits of DT and mEv/mAv. Values of DT respectively athletes, patients, sedentary group (154±24, 240±54, 210±39). Values of mEv/mAv respectively athletes, patients, sedentary group (1.5±0.2, 1.1±0.2, 1.0±01).Although sedentary subject’s IVST was normal, athletes and hypertensive patients had increased IVST; but these increases did not impair diastolic function of heart also diastolic parameters in sedentary subjects was bigger than athletes.