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Table 4 Consensus of Upper / Lower Range for Chamber Structure and Function in Athletes over 18 years of Age

From: Echocardiography in the cardiac assessment of young athletes: a 2025 guideline from the British Society of Echocardiography (endorsed by Cardiac Risk in the Young)

Parameter

Male

Male BA

Female

Female BA

Left ventricle, left atrium and aortic root

LVEDd (mm) [81,82,83]

63

62

56

56

LVEDd index (mm/m2) [81]

33

34

 

IVSd (mm) [81,82,83]

12

15

11

12

PWd (mm) [81,82,83]

12

15

11

12

LVM (g) [32, 81,82,83]

271

442

171

271

LVMi (g/m2) [33, 34]

143

153

117

116

RWT [34]

0.44

0.51

0.43

0.48

LVEDVi (ml/m2) [81]

103

91

EF (%) [81]

47

47

GLS (%) [51, 84, 85]

− 16

− 16

Septal E’ (cm/s) [54]

7.7

7.7

Lateral E’ (cm/s) [54]

10.6

10.6

LAVi (ml/m2) [78]

40

34

Aortic Root (SoV) (mm) [56, 57, 86]

39

33

Aortic Root index (SoV) (mm/m) [56, 58]

20

19

Right ventricle and right atrium

RVD1 (mm) [36, 37, 40]

54

55

50

46

RVD1 index (mm/m2) [36, 37, 40]

28

27

28

27

RVD2 (mm) [36, 37, 40]

46

48

43

42

RVD2 index (mm/m2) [36, 37, 40]

24

25

25

25

RVD area (mm) [36, 37, 40]

40

38

33

29

RVD area index (cm2/m2) [36, 37, 40]

20

19

18

17

RA area (cm2) [36, 37, 40]

29

27

25

21

RVOTplax (mm) [40]

40

39

38

34

RVOTplax index (mm/m2) [40]

20

19

22

20

RVOT1 (mm) [40]

43

43

41

37

RVOT1 index (mm/m2) [40]

23

21

23

22

RVOT2 (mm) [40]

34

31

29

28

RVOT2 (mm/m2) [40]

18

15

16

16

RVOT1/RVD1 [79]

1

1

RV:LV [79]

1

1

TAPSE (mm) [37]

17

17

RVFAC (%) [36, 37]

32

32

RV S’ (cm/s) [37]

10

10