Exercise Training in Athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Does Not Result in Increased Dimensions and Impaired Performance of the Left Ventricle

Table 3

BAV athletes: details of echocardiographic parameters during the 5-year followup.

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	P
AGE	19±8.8	20±8.5	21±8.9	22±8.8	23±9.0
IVS (mm)	8.97±1.1	9.30±1	9.43±1.02	9.82±0.7	9.89±0.7	<0.01
PW (mm)	8.57±1.0	9.01±0.9	9.12±0.9	9.53±0.8	9.57±0.8	<0.01
LVEDd (mm)	49.66±4	49.51±5	50.27±4.2	51.47±3.5	52.01±3.9	<0.01
LVESd (mm)	30.61±3.5	30.93±3.8	31.37±2.9	32.66±3.2	32.62±2.9	<0.01
CMI in (g/m^2)	103.11±21.0	106.78±23.6	107.79±22.3	115.11±20.8	117.40±20.6	<0.01
EF (%)	67.22±4.1	67±3.4	67±2.5	65.44±3.0	65.59±3.3	0.074
Aortic vel. (m/sec)	1.64±0.3	1.64±0.3	1.67±0.3	1.65±0.3	1.63±0.3	NS
Ao valve gradient (mmHg)	11.44±5.6	11.24±4.6	11.72±5.2	11.38±4.9	11.15±5.1	NS

EF: ejection fraction; IVS: interventricular septum; PW: posterior wall; LVDd: left ventricle diastolic diameter; LVSd: left ventricle systolic diameter; CMI: cardiac mass index; Ao valve gradient: aortic valve gradient.