Left ventricular end-systolic dimension

1. Endurance training decreases left ventricular end-systolic dimension in humans.

   “Echocardiography at rest showed increased fractional shortening and ejection fraction and decreased left ventricular end-systolic dimension (P < 0.05).”

   Human trialEchocardiography at restcycloergometer trainingleft ventricle16 wkn = 10

   Effects of endurance training on the cardiovascular system and water compartments in elderly subjects

   Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)·1 Oct 1997

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