sedentary adolescent (age 20.8±2.2 yr, 49% male) volunteered to participate in this study.
All subjects underwent transthoracic echocardiography and impedance cardiography.
Results: Both female and male athletes had greater LV end-diastolic cavity sizes, LV mass
and stroke volume (SV) values when compared with controls. Also, in male athletes, LV
mass index was higher than in female athletes. While male athletes had lower resting heart …