title: Left ventricular hypertrophy in athletes.
abstract: Left ventricular wall thickness >1.3 cm, septal-to-posterior wall ratios > 1.5, diastolic left ventricular size >6.0 cm, and eccentric or concentric remodeling are rare in athletes. Values outside of these cutoffs in an athlete of any age probably represent a pathologic state.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hiller
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Laird
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*