Table 2.

Summary of Normal Echocardiographic Measurements in Athletes

	Endurance-Trained Athletes	Strength-Trained Athletes
Left Ventricular End Diastolic Dimension (cm)	5.28–5.46	5.06–5.36
Diastolic Posterior Wall Thickness (cm)	1.00–1.06	1.02–1.17
Diastolic interventricular Septum Thickness (cm)	1.01–1.09	1.09–1.27
Left Ventricular Mass (gm)	233–264	234–300
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (%)	65.1–72.6	60.7–71.9

Values represent 95% confidence intervals for echocardiographic data extracted from the meta-analysis by Pluim et al.[4]