Open AccessNormal ultrasonic myocardial reflectivity in athletes with increased left ventricular mass. A tissue characterization study.
Author(s) -
Fabio Lattanzi,
Vitantonio Di Bello,
Eugenio Picaño,
Massimo Caputo,
L Talarico,
C Di Muro,
Luigi Landini,
Gino Santoro,
C Giusti,
A. Distante
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.85.5.1828
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , cardiology , athletes , interventricular septum , left ventricular hypertrophy , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , radiology , blood pressure , physical therapy , ventricle
Ultrasonic integrated backscatter of myocardial walls is directly related to the morphometrically evaluated collagen content. The integrated backscatter is also increased in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, probably because of fiber disarray. The purpose of this study was to investigate myocardial tissue reflectivity in subjects with physiological hypertrophy caused by intense physical training and to assess the relation between the acoustic properties of myocardial tissue and left ventricular wall thickness assessed by conventional two-dimensional echocardiography.
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