Echocardiographic Characterization of Female Professional Basketball Players in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is a paucity of data detailing cardiac remodeling in female athletes compared with male athletes. The lack of reference cardiac data for elite female basketball players or female athletes of similar size makes it difficult to differentiate athletic remodeling from potential underlying cardiac disorders in this population of athletes.

Objective

To assess cardiac structure and function in elite female basketball players.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional echocardiographic study included 140 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) athletes on active rosters for the 2017 season. The WNBA mandates annual preseason stress echocardiograms for each athlete. The WNBA has partnered with Columbia University to annually perform a revie

SUBMITTER: Shames S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7315385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature