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